dkrc Chapter 147 You've killed us!
Chapter 147 You've killed us!
Chapter 147 You've killed us!
"Keep expanding the market."
Ye Kai's ideas were as simple and straightforward as ever.
From the perspective of new energy power battery R&D, Green Energy Core Power is already ahead of its peers and has a significant leading advantage. Therefore, it is difficult to see results in the short term if we start from this aspect.
Ye Kai's solution is to address the shortcomings in green energy core power by finding solutions outside the market.
"I see."
"You mean to merge our waste battery recycling project into the Green Energy Core Power project, thereby increasing the completeness of our project?"
Zhou Xiaoli was also very quick-witted and instantly understood Ye Kai's true thoughts.
Ye Kai had previously invested 3000 million yuan in her to establish a company whose main business was the recycling of used batteries, and he had introduced some related patented technologies. Now it was time for the company to go live.
Once the new company goes online and gains a certain reputation, a merger between the two companies will naturally boost the parent company, Green Energy Core Power's, business.
Only by expanding the scale first can we avoid suffering too much loss from venture capital firms.
In fact, as a technology-leading company with considerable strength, whether their valuation is one billion, two billion, or five billion, it doesn't make much difference to venture capital firms.
Venture capital firms primarily value a company's growth potential and whether it has the potential for a market boom.
As long as their project selection criteria are met, they are willing to invest money even at a valuation of tens of billions, and help the company grow stronger, ultimately achieving a win-win situation through listing.
How's the used battery recycling project going?
Ye Kai slapped his forehead, thinking that he was a bit like a hands-off manager. He had entrusted the entire project to Zhou Xiaoli, and he had only invested 3000 million yuan in cash, but had never cared about the progress of the matter.
Of course, Zhou Xiaoli didn't lose out either.
She obtained a 20% stake in the new project from Ye Kai, so it was only natural for her to take action on the establishment of the new company.
Zhou Xiaoli was indeed quite interested in this project.
Upon hearing that they were going to do some kind of used battery recycling, Zhou Xiaoli immediately pictured people going door-to-door, shouting through loudspeakers, "We recycle televisions, washing machines, refrigerators, electric motors, old cell phones, and used batteries!"
However, after she learned more about the industry, she realized that her previous ideas were somewhat biased. It was true that the industry was very complex, but the profit margins were also quite high.
"The market for recycling used batteries is quite large nowadays."
"As more and more new energy vehicles are used, more and more power batteries are also used. The total weight of the batteries used in an electric vehicle will reach about 500 or 600 kilograms, of which about 186 kilograms are lithium carbonate."
"Once the batteries are discarded, the recycling of this lithium carbonate becomes a major problem."
"The most interesting point is that the current market price of one ton of lithium carbonate is around 150,000 to 250,000 yuan. If we take the initiative and do a good job with this project, the annual profit will easily exceed 10 billion yuan."
"Ye Kai, I've discovered that your vision is truly ahead of its time!"
When this matter was mentioned, Zhou Xiaoli's expression became very excited.
In some ways, the profit margin of the used battery recycling project may be higher than that of the power battery manufacturing project.
In recent years, in particular, everyone has realized the broad development prospects of new energy electric vehicles, and major car companies have launched production or research and development of new electric vehicles, which has naturally driven the demand for power batteries.
For electric vehicles, the power battery is the core component, and this core component has a limited lifespan, generally between 8 and 15 years. In actual use, the battery needs to be replaced after a maximum of 8 years.
In 2009, the country launched the "Ten Cities, Thousand Vehicles" project to promote new energy vehicles in some cities, but mainly in the public sector, such as buses and taxis.
This year, the government released the "Development Plan for Energy-Saving and New Energy Vehicle Industry (202-22)".
The "National New Energy Vehicle Development Plan (2016-2020)" clearly outlines the development goals for new energy vehicles (including electric vehicles), but overall sales are still relatively low.
Ye Kai recalls that around 2014, the government introduced a series of subsidy policies to promote electric vehicles into the private consumer market. In the same year, Tesla entered the Chinese market, raising consumer awareness of electric vehicles.
In the following years, automakers such as BYD and BAIC began to launch a number of best-selling models, and their annual sales immediately increased from the 10-unit level to the 100 million-unit level.
After the country proposed the "carbon neutrality" goal, the annual sales of electric vehicles began to approach the 1000 million unit level.
Behind such soaring sales lies the issue of recycling and disposing of power batteries, a key component of electric vehicles.
If this problem is not properly addressed, it will cause significant environmental pollution.
"Actually, what I value is the environmental protection issue hidden behind the power battery."
"Looking to the future, this problem must be properly addressed."
"Whoever can solve this problem first will become the winner in the industry in the future."
"Our cause has only just begun, but its future is bright."
At this moment, a grand business blueprint had already emerged in Ye Kai's mind.
"If funding allows, I suggest building more battery recycling centers across the country."
"In this way, it is easy to form an absolute competitive advantage."
After considering it for a moment, Zhou Xiaoli offered her suggestion.
Ye Kai listened and nodded in agreement.
Currently, there may be companies in China that specialize in recycling power batteries, but they are very small in scale, or rather, they have not yet reached a significant scale and are only at the level of small workshops.
If they could establish a professional recycling company that spans the entire country, they would be like an aircraft carrier crushing a small board, possessing an overwhelming advantage over their opponents.
Once everyone gets used to relying on a large company to handle problems, it becomes incredibly difficult for others to get involved.
"All right."
"Let me think about it some more and try to raise some funds."
"Perhaps only around 200 million yuan is needed to cover the whole country and establish more than five recycling and processing bases."
"Once the basic framework is established, things will naturally become easier."
After thinking it over for a moment, Ye Kai decided to increase his investment in this area and go all in.
"Beep beep beep—"
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Just then, Ye Kai's phone rang.
He glanced at the caller ID number; he didn't recognize it.
"It's Chen Song's call."
Zhou Xiaoli, who was standing next to her, glanced at it and immediately recognized it.
"he?"
"Could they be here to settle scores later?"
"Even if they come to settle scores later, I won't admit it."
Ye Kai smiled and answered the phone.
"Ye Kai!"
"You've ruined us!"
Chen Song's voice, filled with anger, came from the other side.