The suburbs of Shanghai.

In a twenty-storey office building, in a conference room stacked with packing boxes, a white man with brown hair and a high nose sat on one side of the conference table, staring at Li Tinghui sitting on the other side, as if waiting quietly for something.

The wall clock on the wall walked quietly, clicking softly the moment the hour hand swung towards the hour.

As if interrupted by this soft sound, Li Tinghui, who was sitting there motionless, finally made a move.

He took a deep breath and closed the contract on the table.

"I'm sorry, I can't accept your offer."

This is a contract for the acquisition, not for Beep Charge, but for himself.

I have to say that the price of this Mr. Beavis's dismissal is indeed quite attractive.

It took him a lot of effort to get 10 million in financing from Star Technology with 60% of the shares, and this 10 million was not his own. However, now Tesla is willing to buy the remaining 40% of his shares for 10 million yuan.

If he agrees, he will get the 10 million yuan directly.

Of course, on the other hand, if he agrees, it will also mean that he is out of the game and completely loses control of the beep charge. And the beep charging he founded will also turn from a promising charging pile company to a battlefield where Star Technology and Tesla wrestle in the field of charging piles.

"It's okay, we didn't expect to negotiate at one time," not surprised by Li Tinghui's answer, the white man stood up and said with an uncaring smile on his face, "But I still hope you think about it seriously, after all, ......"

After a pause, he continued.

"You are facing a behemoth with assets of more than tens of billions of dollars, even if Star Technology intends to support you, in my opinion, your size is not worth mentioning."

As he said the last sentence, the corners of Beavis's mouth curled upwards with a hint of disdain.

Although Musk has instructed him to try to talk to the founder of the beep charging to see if he can buy the remaining 40% of the shares and spend money to settle this matter.

But in fact, deep in his heart, he didn't take this sentence too seriously.

As a leader in the field of new energy vehicles, after so many years of publicity, the Tesla brand has been precipitated for a long time in the field of new energy, just like Apple in the field of mobile phones, just relying on its own brand image, it can gain a large number of loyal supporters.

Now that Tesla has acquired EVGO, and has mastered the full set of technologies and related patents of "150-350kW ultra-high power fast charging piles", the first batch of equipment has been put into production at Tesla's factory in Shanghai, and the first batch of ultra-power fast charging piles will be put on the market at the end of next month at the latest.

Wireless charging?

It sounds like a gimmicky idea, but it would be too wishful thinking to expect that the God of War Tesla would be able to rely on a gimmick.

By the time they make the product, the entire Shanghai market will already be the world of Tesla's subsidiary.

After the people were sent away, Wang Qiang, the company's technical director, walked next to Li Tinghui, glanced at the Tesla Model that was fading away outside the floor-to-ceiling window, and asked in a low voice.

"Mr. Li, that's Tesla's person?"

It's not just Wang Qiang who is asking this question.

Several employees in the office were also sneaking in this direction, apparently listening with their ears pricked up.

Faced with the inquiry of his right-hand man, Li Tinghui was silent for a while, nodded and said, "Well, Bivis, general manager of Tesla Huaxia." ”

There was a whisper of surprise in the office.

Hearing the affirmative reply, Wang Qiang's face couldn't help but show a trace of longing for the future, and said with emotion. "Our company is really getting more and more awesome, first received financing from Star Technology, and now Tesla has thrown an olive branch...... Are they here to talk about financing? ”

Li Tinghui's expression did not change, he was silent for a while, and nodded: "...... Sort of. ”

Of course, he couldn't have told his men that Beavis didn't come with a financing contract, but with a "letter of persuasion."

It's also too demoralizing.

"Then Mr. Li, do you agree?"

Looking at the expectant expressions on the faces of the business partners, for some reason, Li Tinghui's mind suddenly appeared with the look that Beavis left before leaving.

The look was as if he was looking at a swarm of ants, and he was not just disdainful, but completely did not take them to heart.

Feeling that a flame in his chest was burning, especially in the expectant eyes of his companions, Li Tinghui was silent for a while, and suddenly raised his head and said.

"Nope."

There was silence in the office.

Especially the technical director Wang Qiang, the boss with his mouth open, looked at Li Tinghui in disbelief.

No?

That's Tesla!

A giant in the new energy vehicle industry!

He really couldn't understand what kind of reason his boss would refuse Tesla's resources.

Looking at the people with surprised expressions on their faces, Li Tinghui knew what they were thinking, and continued in a steady tone.

"Tesla didn't come with candy, they came with guns."

"Some of you may have heard of it, and some of you may still be in the dark, but from now on, each and every one of you must be aware that Tesla, which acquired EVGO, is entering the charging pile market in China, and he is our competitor and cannot be our ally. If we accept their financing, it will be tantamount to surrendering to them! ”

"You remember, we want to be the largest charging pile company in China and even the world, not a vassal of a new energy vehicle company!"

"Besides, it's still an American business!"

"You expect to rise with their resources? Dream on! Their sole purpose in acquiring us is to bring us down and pave the way for their own fully controlled EVGO to occupy the market of the Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration and even the entire power export port of China! ”

It doesn't matter if your business partners can understand you or not.

But these were the truest thoughts in his heart.

As his words fell, the office fell silent.

Some people have confusion on their faces, some people have regret on their faces, and more people have infected identification written on their faces......

I don't know who applauded first.

The applause was contagious, turning from a drizzle to a pouring rain, eventually filling the entire office.

Facing the office with applause, facing the pair of affirmative eyes, Li Tinghui took a deep breath and nodded slightly.

"Thank you!"

"It is the honor of my life to be able to work with you on this cause."

……

Whether it is ambition triumphing over reason, or pure blind optimism about the R&D strength of the Jinling Institute for Advanced Study, after thoroughly recognizing the status quo, Li Tinghui not only did not show any worried expression on his face, but was much more relaxed than yesterday.

The opponent is EVGO, which is controlled by Tesla.

It is foreseeable that all pure electric vehicles of the entire Tesla group will set a threshold for their products in terms of compatibility.

But that's not something he needs to worry about right now, there are only two things he needs to worry about right now.

One is the relocation of the office.

Another thing is to negotiate with major shopping malls, residential quarters and parking lots in Shanghai, and strive to negotiate the project of exclusive parking spaces for wireless charging piles at the smallest possible cost......

A public canteen in an office building.

Sitting in a secluded corner while eating, Li Tinghui listened to the news on the TV.

At this moment, CCTV's international news channel suddenly released a report on the breakthrough progress of lithium-air batteries, and the top journal in the chemical industry "JACS" and Professor Lu's name also appeared in the news.

Lithium-air batteries?

Keen to catch the word, Li Tinghui raised his head and looked at the TV screen, a hint of surprise appeared in his eyes.

This technology is dark enough......

Lithium-sulfur batteries have just come out for a few years, and now will lithium-air batteries be used again?

Delivering a mouthful of food to his mouth, he chewed and thought carelessly.

Although he is not studying materials science, the major of electrical engineering will still involve a little bit of this aspect.

If the lithium-air battery technology really breaks through, the mileage of new energy vehicles will be increased by another level, and the role of charging piles will become greater than that of replaceable batteries.

After all, when replacing a battery, users not only buy electricity, but also have to pay for a series of explicit or implicit costs such as depreciation, refurbishment, and even environmental protection. It is only on the highway that consumers have the motivation to exchange money for time, and replaceable batteries have a broad market.

And if you just run in the city and at home, even the current range of lithium-sulfur batteries is not so simple to use up. Parking the car, a night's sleep can fully charge the battery, and the fool will go to change a battery.

No matter how you think about it, this matter should be good news for beep charging.

At the end of a piece of news, the next news is about the continuous rise in international iron ore prices. According to the analysis of relevant people, affected by the recent boom in the infrastructure market in Asia, the price of infrastructure building materials has continued to rise, and even spilled over to the upstream of the industrial chain, iron ore and other raw materials.

Not very concerned about the futures market, Li Tinghui continued to eat and completely took his attention away from the TV.

At this moment, he didn't realize, or everyone didn't realize it, what kind of huge impact the news of this lithium-air battery would have on the heating up charging pile market and even the entire new energy industry......