"I said boatman, you are not authentic, why didn't you say it in advance when you came to the United States?" Lin Zheng didn't expect the boatman to take the initiative to find his door, gave the boatman a hug, and then patted the boatman's shoulder heavily, and said dissatisfiedly, "I still play the game of 'sneaking into the village'...... How can you be a friend like this? ”

"Hehe, isn't this trying to surprise you?" The boatman with a pair of small round eyes touched his head, smirked, and was very happy to see his old friend.

There are friends from afar who don't say it, this is definitely not just a casual talk, the boatman can be regarded as his old friend no matter what, the arrival of the old friend naturally makes Lin Zheng very happy, and it is also at this time that Lin Zheng noticed that after not seeing him for more than half a year, the temperament of the boatman brother has changed significantly, and the previous shy intellectual has a bit of Confucian businessman's bearing, and the guy with a little caution when he first met him has too many differences... … It seems that this guy's business is doing really well.

"Let's stay here during this time in the United States," Lin Zheng warmly sent out an invitation, the two are not only partners, but also have a very good personal relationship, since the boatman brother came to the United States, he is so-so and half a landlord, so he naturally wants to do his landlord's friendship, "If you need help, just say hello, I dare not say more, I still know a few people here." ”

"I'm a night owl," the boatman smiled more and more happily when he heard Lin Zheng say this, "This time I'm in the United States." When you get off the plane, you're here. ”

This guy is out of reach, Lin Zheng is also happy to hear it, the two are partners. The other party didn't see anything wrong, but Lin Zheng didn't think there was anything wrong, he smiled and nodded again and again, "It's easy to say, the United States will live here with me in the future...... Even if I'm in the country, you can come. ”

"Okay." The boatman was not polite, nodded and agreed, and got along for more than a year. The relationship between the two is already quite good, and no one cares about such a trivial matter, so they chatted for a while. The boatman mentioned one thing, "By the way, the last time you said about replacing nickel-metal hydride batteries with gel batteries, I thought about it carefully. ”

"Huh?" As soon as I heard this. Lin Zheng knew that the boatman seemed to have some disagreement with this. smiled and said, "Lao Wang, we don't have to be so polite to each other, right?" ”

"Hehe......" The boatman laughed twice and explained to Lin Zheng, "No matter how maintenance-free the gel battery is, it is also a kind of lead-acid battery, and the number of charging and discharging is limited, what you have to do is a power gel battery, and the number of charging and discharging of this gel battery is about 500 times." In any case, it will not exceed 700 times, and it will only be used for two or three years at most. After two or three years, the performance of the battery will decline sharply, which is still better; If the nickel-metal hydride battery is done well, it can basically do 1200 times...... For a car, that's about 5 years of use. ”

Speaking of which, the boatman's meaning is obvious: although gel batteries are cheap, I'd better consider nickel-metal hydride batteries.

The boatman was kind-hearted, Lin Zheng naturally wouldn't be stupid to refuse in person, and nodded with a smile, "I forgot about the number of charges, and I went back and let the people below analyze it again." ”

The number of charging and discharging of gel batteries is relatively short, which Lin Zheng naturally knows, but in Lin Zheng's view, even if the performance of the battery declines after two or three years, it can also ensure more than 60% performance, and it is not a problem to insist on using it for two or three years...... In other words, even if someone wants to continue to use it, it's great to replace him with four batteries, which is not much money.

"That's for the best." The boatman nodded, regardless of whether Lin Zheng decided to use gel batteries or not, he had fulfilled his responsibility as a friend.

Seeing that Lin Zheng didn't mean to agree on the spot, and the boatman didn't talk deeply, he had fulfilled his responsibility as a friend, and how to choose that was Lin Zheng's business, he changed the topic, "Don't you plan to invest in Shen Chu, my friend on Shen Chu's side helped us ask, Shen Chu's side agreed in principle that we can take shares, and we can also develop targeted power colloidal batteries, but they have to maintain the holding ratio...... Our two companies can invest 40% of the shares with 8 million RMB. ”

"8 million RMB into 40% of the shares? Is Shen Chu poor and crazy? Lin Zheng's eyes widened and he said in surprise, "For such a small thing, you made a special trip to the United States?" You're giving me too much face, aren't you? ”

8 million shares of 40%, which means that the entire Shen Savings is worth 20 million, Lin Zheng does not think that Shen Savings is worth 20 million, even if they have just introduced the technology of maintenance-free gel batteries from Germany.

"Where," the boatman laughed hard, "Shen Chu's people said, that is, they are now under some financial pressure, which gives us a chance to buy shares, otherwise every 10% of the shares will be at least 3 million." ”

"It's beautiful to kill them," Lin Zheng snorted, his tone was extremely disdainful, "This is not a cooperative attitude, it really me off, now find someone to buy technology from them...... Cooperation is one thing, but we can't be treated as Kaizizai, right? Boatman, I don't know much about the battery industry, what price do you think is more appropriate? ”

The boatman brother was not polite at all, groaned for a while, and said, "With my little insight into the domestic battery industry and my understanding of Shen Chu, I think ...... For 40% of the shares, 5 million to 6 million is a more reliable number. ”

"Then you can watch and deal with it, just tell me after the negotiation is over." Lin Zheng said casually, and it didn't seem to care much about this matter.

Is this a deliberate pretense of not caring or really not caring? Lin Zheng's reaction made the boatman a little confused, he originally planned to use this incident to test Lin Zheng's true attitude towards the gel battery, but Lin Zheng's attitude made him a little confused...... This young man is much more powerful than he imagined.

At first, the boatman was not very interested in the gel battery, but since the last time Lin Zheng said hello to him, carefully analyzed the development of domestic personal short-distance transportation, the boatman was stunned to find that Lin Zheng's words are really very reasonable, with the gradual increase in the ban on motorcycles, it is foreseeable that more and more cities will enter the ranks of "ban on motorcycles", but the people's demand for cheap travel tools is rigid, without motorcycles, there must be similar short-distance transportation to replace, Electric motorcycles with a driving range of between 35 and 50 kilometers have become the best choice, and the annual demand for electric bicycles in China will likely reach more than 10 million...... The boatman did not expect that his prediction was only one-third to one-quarter of the actual sales.

Compared with motorcycles, although the mileage of electric bicycles is shorter, the cost of use is more economical, and the price is cheaper, which is definitely the first choice for short-distance transportation for citizens in the next step...... The annual demand for 10 million electric bicycles, including renewal and new car demand, means that at least 50 million gel batteries are needed every year, which is a huge market with annual sales of more than 10 billion.

In the face of such a large market, even if the boatman did not look down on lead-acid batteries before, he could not remain indifferent: even if he could only cut a tenth of this big cake, it would be more than 1 billion sales per year, and no company would ignore such a huge market.

Since he couldn't see clearly, the boatman simply gave up the temptation and simply asked Lin Zheng, "Mr. Lin, do you know anyone at the University of Texas?" ”

"No," Lin Zheng shook his head, "But it's not a big deal, what business do you have to contact them?" We'll get in touch with the school and go straight to the school. ”

"It's not a business, but I heard that there was a professor at the University of Texas who had some insight into battery technology, and I wanted to visit him."

An insightful professor at the University of Texas on batteries? Lin Zheng was slightly stunned, thinking of some rumors about the lithium iron phosphate battery in the boatman's hand in later generations, he couldn't help but look at the boatman thoughtfully, "Are you talking about the Professor Johngoodenough who is engaged in lithium iron phosphate batteries?" ”

The boatman of later generations, holding the lithium iron phosphate battery in his hand, is a big killer, vertical and horizontal, in the domestic new energy vehicle market, there is no round of generals, but Lin Zheng has also heard of it, it seems that the lithium iron phosphate battery in the hands of the boatman is bought with foreign technology...... Many people use this to attack the boatman, saying that you are a blower, but your lithium iron phosphate battery turned out to be the technology of the Americans, so what are you bragging?

Lin Zheng felt that those guys who attacked the boatman with this point were really hateful: what about the purchased technology? Since it was bought with money, it is your own...... You buy bags of melon seeds in the commissary, is it possible that the melon seeds are not yours? The person who said this sour is really despised.

"You know Professor Johngoodenough?" The boatman was taken aback by Lin Zheng's reaction!

As an expert in batteries, after overhearing that Professor Johngoodenough of the University of Texas is working on a lithium iron phosphate battery that is different from the traditional lithium manganese oxide battery, he immediately came to visit Professor Johngoodenough, but he didn't expect that even Lin Zheng knew this person?

Is this professor so well-known in the United States? The boatman couldn't help but feel uneasy. (To be continued......)