Why don't you believe I'm a reincarnated person?

Chapter 88 This oil, I, Ye Kai, am determined to get it today!

"Why did you decide to become a junk collector?"

"Although this industry can indeed be quite profitable, the market size is only the size of a palm. Since the scale is so small, it is naturally impossible for a super-rich person to emerge from this industry."

"The most profitable industries right now are still the high-tech industries."

Although she didn't know how Ye Kai came up with the idea of ​​recycling used batteries, Zhou Xiaoli still earnestly advised him not to be so impulsive.

Entering a completely new industry presents numerous challenges that are unimaginable to those making the transition.

Besides, Ye Kai is now a major shareholder of Green Energy Core Power, riding the dark horse of the new energy battery project, and is very likely to become rich because of it. Why should he care about such a small profit from waste recycling?

"I think your investment in used battery recycling might not be worth the risk."

Based on her understanding of the industry, Zhou Xiaoli gave Ye Kai a very fair conclusion.

"Your thinking is a bit biased."

"In nature, the birth, aging, sickness and death of all things is a cycle, which is the law of nature."

"The reason why new energy can be called new energy is not only because of its green characteristics, but also because its recyclability is a very important development direction."

"The new energy projects I envision require more than just output; they also need to recycle the batteries after use. We can't let the new energy batteries we produce end up as unmanageable urban waste."

"Furthermore, urban mining is also an important direction for future development."

Ye Kai naturally had his own opinion on this issue.

With the increasing popularity of new energy vehicles, the number of scrapped power batteries will continue to increase.

Imagine an annual production of over ten million electric vehicles, requiring an equally staggering number of batteries. The number of batteries scrapped each year would also cause considerable problems for cities, but there is actually gold to be found in this.

"Think about it, even if a ton of scrap iron costs two thousand yuan, some people will still steal manhole covers to buy them."

"Lithium carbonate costs 70,000 to 80,000 yuan per ton. What makes you think that someone would just leave it to pollute the environment in the wilderness?"

"While many people are still stuck in the old memory of battery pollution, some people have already made a fortune by recycling batteries. Of course, this naturally requires certain technical support, as well as large-scale operation and processing methods."

Ye Kai's idea was actually very clear: he thought that if you were to develop a real business, you couldn't just focus on one aspect.

New energy battery projects are certainly a very good sector, but the rapid development of a single sector will always attract all kinds of unwarranted criticism to companies, so complementary industries must be developed in conjunction with them.

Advanced recycling technologies can extract key metals such as lithium, nickel, and cobalt from end-of-life power batteries, enabling the recycling of resources. Similarly, dismantling and recycling end-of-life vehicles to separate metal and non-metal materials for reprocessing and reuse can also achieve the goals of saving resources and reducing environmental pollution.

Ye Kai remembers clearly that a graduate student from the metallurgical department of a certain university in China built a company into a listed company by recycling waste batteries. The company's annual revenue reached 300 billion yuan, with a profit margin of about 16%.

Recycling 100,000 tons of waste batteries can produce approximately 10,000 tons of lithium carbonate. From this perspective, in a few years, China will no longer need to import lithium from abroad, as basic needs can be met solely through recycling and reuse.

Ye Kai felt there was no need to leave such a large market to others to develop.

"Urban mining?"

"That's quite a vivid way to put it."

After thinking about it for a moment, Zhou Xiaoli decided to invest as well.

However, she doesn't have much liquid capital right now, so she's still using her personal connections to invest, holding a 20% stake. She needs to help Ye Kai recruit relevant talent, build the company team, and exercise a significant portion of the company's management authority on behalf of Ye Kai, the boss.

As for Ye Kai, he invested 30 million in the initial phase, which should be enough to get the project up and running.

"I've found that if you have an eye for finding projects, no amount of cash will last long."

"Now all I have left are a few million in the stock market."

Ye Kai spread his hands, feeling as if his entire body had been hollowed out.

After this round of stock market operations, Ye Kai will have around 500 million yuan in cash, but if he wants to continue expanding his milk tea shop, this money will likely be spent soon.

Why is it that the bigger my business gets, the less money I have?

Ye Kai scratched his head, thinking that capital operation was simpler, as it involved cash coming and going, unlike those who ran physical industries, where no matter how much money they had, it couldn't withstand the spending.

"Come on, you."

"You only need to use your brain and contribute some funds, but I have to run around for you, finding people, patents, technology, company premises, and contacting various departments to get the company up and running. Tsk, this 20% stake is really hard to get."

Miss Zhou frowned, suddenly feeling a little regretful.

Ye Kai's description of the future was too beautiful for Miss Zhou to think much of before she boarded the ship. Now she realizes that there are a lot of troubles that she needs to deal with personally, and she is starting to feel overwhelmed.

"Money is hard to earn, and life is tough."

"Even people in ancient times knew this. Surely Miss Zhou isn't even as knowledgeable as people in ancient times?"

Ye Kai tentatively patted Zhou Xiaoli's buttocks; it felt quite nice, and he wanted to pat it a couple more times.

It's strange, but ever since he took pictures of Shen Jiayi's shapely buttocks that night, Ye Kai felt a bit itchy to do it. Otherwise, he wouldn't have experienced that feeling again on the cold and beautiful Miss Zhou.

Miss Zhou glared at him, but did not object.

Ye Kai felt a surge of excitement upon seeing this, secretly thinking that perhaps next time he could try to unlock more knowledge with her.

After all, regardless of gender, people generally have a lot of curiosity about new knowledge.

"By the way, my family said they're going to start arranging all sorts of blind dates for me this year."

"If one day you see me having dinner or coffee with another man, it's most likely a blind date arranged for me by my family."

Miss Zhou pressed her face against Ye Kai's chest, listening quietly to his heartbeat. After a while, she suddenly said to him softly.

"Um?"

"Wait, didn't you just say I had eight years left? How come it's all over in the blink of an eye?"

Upon hearing this, Ye Kai's expression froze, and he looked somewhat shocked.

Is there any credibility to what this woman says? In less than ten minutes, she has fabricated two contradictory statements.

"It's just a blind date, it's not like we're getting married right away."

"In modern society, marriages between wealthy families can no longer be arranged like the old-fashioned arranged marriages. Necessary contact is still necessary; otherwise, if their personalities clash, they might become enemies. Is this a marriage of convenience or a feud?"

"It's the kind of plot you see in romance novels that makes you think that marriages into wealthy families are always unhappy."

"Little man, keep it up!"

Miss Zhou touched Ye Kai's face with one hand and explained to him, then smiled and encouraged him.

"I, Ye Kai, am definitely buying this oil today!"

Feeling provoked, Ye Kai suddenly became angry and flipped Miss Zhou over, pinning her face down and exposing the fuel tank area...