In fact, there is no question of who wins and who loses, and the proposal thrown by Lu Zhou is definitely a win-win situation for him and Umicore.

Otherwise, Carrodit wouldn't have nodded so easily.

But after all, it's a $400 million business.

Even for an international chemical giant like Umicore, this is by no means a small amount, especially under the embarrassing condition that Lu Zhou proposed "a lump sum payment before the end of the year".

After signing the letter of intent for cooperation, in order to hurry up and convince the board of directors, Carodette didn't even bother to eat dinner, only had time to open a bottle of champagne and toast to Lu Zhou, and left the hotel in a hurry while making a phone call.

As promised to Lu Zhou, he will fly back to his headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, tonight to convince the board of directors to agree to the patent cooperation agreement and to try to sign it before the end of the year.

As for whether it can be done, Carodit can only say that she will do her best.

After all, for a listed company, a transaction involving hundreds of millions of dollars is not a casual decision.

Regardless of whether the contract is finally negotiated or not, the relevant information must be disclosed in advance in the securities market from the moment the letter of intent is signed.

The phone number of Carrodit's just now was made to the secretary of the board of directors.

After quietly enjoying the rest of the dinner, Lu Zhou got up and left the hotel lobby, stood on the elevator, and went straight back to the room where he was staying.

His steps were light along the way, just like his mood.

It wasn't until the door behind him closed that Lu Zhou came back to his senses as if he had woken up from a dream and realized what an amazing thing he had just done.

"$400 million ......"

Sitting on the edge of the bed, looking at the letter of intent for cooperation in his hand, and feeling the accelerated heartbeat, Lu Zhou's mood was difficult to calm down for a long time.

Unexpectedly, in just one night, he achieved the class jump from the middle class to financial freedom.

When he was a child, he had a daydream of winning the 5 million lottery, as for the tens of millions above the millions, or even hundreds of millions...... To be honest, he didn't even dream of it.

Why don't you buy something?

Another teaching assistant?

Buy a supercomputer for Xiao Ai?

Let Daddy help me go to Beijing to buy two sets?

Still is......

A clockwork scarf?

Fortunately, reason prevailed.

Lu Zhou, who had just taken out his mobile phone, finally resisted the urge to "share the joy" with his fans and stuffed the mobile phone back into his pocket.

When it comes to money, it's better to keep a low profile.

Taking a deep breath, Lu Zhou silently recited a few words of his normal heart, got up and went to the bathroom to take a shower, so that the boiling brain calmed down a little.

As for the question of "what is good to buy with so much money", he plans to save it until the contract is signed......

After washing, lie flat on the bed.

I thought that I would be able to fall asleep soon after a busy day, but in the second half of the night, Lu Zhou didn't feel the slightest sleepiness.

I don't know when it started, but there was a little morning and dusk outside the window.

It wasn't until the alarm on his phone rang that he realized that he hadn't slept all night.

In fact, what Lu Zhou didn't know was that he wasn't the only one who stayed awake all night.

This night, many people stayed up all night with him.

As for the reason, it has to be traced back a few hours.

At the early hours of Washington time, Umicore's head office in Brussels, Belgium, suddenly disclosed a patent cooperation plan involving $400 million on its official website.

It is this news that has disturbed the dreams of many investors.

Although the media has reported more than once that there have been "major research results" in lithium anode materials, and with various bright and blind titles, so far, no chemical company has really begun to realize industrial production of lithium anode materials.

And this time, Umicore suddenly spent a huge amount of money to win the patent authorization of lithium anode materials.

The sensitive capital market has finally smelled a hint of wind and grass.

The day seems to have finally come.

……

The sun rose the next day, and the MRS was still going on, except for Lu Zhou, who had stayed up all night, and was still asleep, everything in the venue seemed to be the same as yesterday.

However, Wall Street, which is only 100 kilometers away from Boston, is boiling like a carnival in the entire lithium battery-related sector.

Almost all companies involved in the lithium battery industry have shown varying degrees of rise in less than half an hour after the opening of the market.

This grand occasion not only stays in the lithium battery-related industries, but also feeds back to the futures market of lithium materials.

After all, Lu Zhou still underestimated the market's enthusiasm for lithium batteries and the influence of his partners.

When it comes to market capitalization and fame, companies like Umicore may not be able to compare with Samsung, Sony, Panasonic, BYD, which produce batteries, and even less than "customers of their own customers" - those technology companies with a market value of hundreds of billions of dollars in mobile phones, new energy vehicles, etc.

But when it comes to industry influence, these chemical giants with a history of more than 100 years are not inferior to them.

As for the reason, it is also very simple.

Five years can create a Tesla, and ten years can rise an Apple or Microsoft. But if technological progress does not keep pace, it may not take a decade for them to be replaced by new high-tech companies.

However, for those enterprises in the upstream of the industrial chain, although their prospects lack imagination, the risk of sharing them is relatively minimal.

After all, no matter what kind of products are popular on the market, the demand for chemical raw materials will always exist.

However, no matter how the capital market reacts, these things have nothing to do with Lu Zhou for the time being.

At least, now, he doesn't have the extra energy to pay attention to these for the time being.

slept until the afternoon, Lu Zhou stretched his waist, picked up his mobile phone and looked at the time, but instead of looking at the time, he saw a screen full of missed calls.

Among them were calls from Professor Chiric, calls from China, and some missed calls.

Just as I was having a headache as to which call to start with, another call came.

Subconsciously pressed the connect button, and Lu Zhou moved the phone to his ear.

"Hello?"

"It's me."

Hearing the familiar voice on the other end of the phone, Lu Zhou was slightly stunned and asked in an uncertain voice.

"Professor Li?"

Hearty laughter came from the other end of the line.

"Haha, it looks like you haven't forgotten about me yet."

Lu Zhou also smiled and said embarrassedly: "How could this be forgotten?" Speaking of which, you changed your number? ”

For Professor Li, Lu Zhou naturally will not forget that if it wasn't for the help of this old gentleman, his system task might not have been successfully completed. It's just that it was an unfamiliar number that called, so he didn't react for a while.

Professor Li said with a smile: "It's not that I changed the number, I'm on a business trip, and I use a temporary number." ”

"On a business trip?" Lu Zhou's expression couldn't help but be a little strange, "Could you be in Boston?" ”

"It's not just in Boston, I listened to your report yesterday, it's really wonderful," Professor Li sighed, and finally didn't forget to tease him, "How about it, I had a good time last night, did you rest today?" ”

Lu Zhou coughed lightly: "What are you playing?" I slept as soon as I got back yesterday...... I just didn't fall asleep. By the way, where are you now? ”

Professor Li smiled and said, "I'm sitting downstairs from you, in the lobby of the hotel." It's just time for dinner, so if you have time, let's have dinner together. If we haven't slept enough, we'll get together another day. ”

Lu Zhou smiled and said, "Why don't you have time, I'll come down now." ”

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