Chapter 296 Taking the Initiative

Chapter 296 Taking the Initiative

Chapter 296 Taking the Initiative (5k)

Because of the hesitation of the Li Jin Group, Yu Xing adjusted his idea of ​​making electric cars.

I used to think that what Wang Chuanfu said made sense, but now compared with the pressure on funds and resources, it is more conducive to the final success to advance cooperation relatively quickly.

After all, I can still handle the pressure, and the pressure can also be distributed to different companies.

However, it was not until this time that Yu Xing suddenly realized that he was only busy investigating and sorting out the domestic supply chain, and had not yet named the electric car brand.

Naming...

Yu Xing thought about it for a long time, but no answer came to his mind for a while, so he decided to take advantage of the listing of Bai Xiaosheng to think about the brand name.

"You're not frustrated at all that Li Jin didn't reach a cooperation."

It took Liu Wanying two days to find out that the previous negotiations had not been concluded.

"The cooperation was not reached, but Li Jin responded to my idea. Moreover, they made a preliminary assessment and believed that they were capable of doing it with their accumulated technology." Yu Xing said with a smile, "This is actually good news."

"Huh? That's really good. Did the vice president tell you personally?" Liu Wanying also felt that this was good news.

"He was rather cautious in his tone, and I think I understood it correctly." Yu Xing recalled the conversation between the two men. "Moreover, Lijin didn't want to be a joint venture subsidiary and didn't want to take my money. I think besides me, this move also showed that they believed that if this customized upgrade could really open up the situation, it would be more beneficial for them to have the technology in their hands."

Yu Xing's contribution will undoubtedly reduce the risk of Lijin Group, but Du Yaojie's refusal is quite subtle.

Liu Wanying thought for a moment and nodded: "It needs to be promoted. Hey, you have too many directions to connect with. The team still needs to expand its scale."

Yu Xing shook his head helplessly: "Who says it's not? But you have to understand the technology, be familiar with the market situation, and maybe even have some forward-looking thinking. This combination of requirements is actually quite high."

At this point, he suddenly thought again: "Well, it's hard to recruit people now. It may also be related to the fact that I haven't announced the car manufacturing. Just like the Li Jin Group, only those who see my determination and meet the requirements may be interested."

Liu Wanying smiled and said, "Boss Yu, you are thinking so hard. I feel like the day when I can sit in your car is not far away."

"It's still far, still far, no rush." ​​Yu Xing took a sip of tea and said with some fantasy, "The domestic supply chain is more time-consuming, but it is worth it. Sometimes it is blocked by others, and sometimes it can reduce costs. When we can really build a car based on the progress of the supply chain, I will hold a press conference to explain the breakthroughs from the domestic supply chain one by one!"

Liu Wanying was very calm. She didn't drink the chicken soup. Instead, she asked perceptively, "Aren't you afraid that consumers will worry about the instability of your products if you do this?"

Yu Xing didn't think about it. He was stunned when he heard it, and then he said thoughtfully: "We must do enough testing. Compared with the old manufacturers, we have to raise the standards before we can finally put it into use."

Liu Wanying smiled and said, "Are you sure that consumers will care about your tests, rather than just worrying and questioning when they hear about it?"

Yu Xing thought about it carefully and nodded, "Well, there are indeed pros and cons. After the test is released, there will still be many doubts, but new products should be subject to these doubts. We will do our best within our capabilities. As long as the quality is excellent, I believe that more consumers will gradually pay for it."

"OK, Boss Yu, this is my advance rehearsal for your press conference. Don't think I'm mean." Liu Wanying stroked the ends of her hair and joked with a smile.

Yu Xing reached out and rubbed Xiaoying's face: "I just like you to be serious."

Liu Wanying slapped away the hand that suddenly slid down and took two steps back: "What do you want to do in the office!"

Yu Xing said seriously: "Touch the cat."

But, apparently, petting cats is strictly prohibited in the office.

The preparations for Bai Xiaosheng's listing were rather boring, but everyone in the company was full of expectations.

Yu Xing spends most of his energy dealing with Bai Xiaosheng, and occasionally works overtime or on weekends to arrange and listen to the work of the tram team.

The automobile supply chain is very long, but the priority is also quite clear. For electric vehicles, the three major components of battery/motor/electronic control are placed in the front. After a comprehensive review, the battery has been asked to Panasonic, which supplies Tesla, while the fields of motors and electronic controls already have listed companies, such as Huichuan Technology.

However, Huichuan Technology faces similar doubts as Lijin Group. They will not easily pay for the interests of young people.

Yu Xing understood their position and maintained contact for the time being. In addition, he looked around and did not see the name of CATL appear in the market, but based on his impression, he estimated that the so-called "King of Ning" would not be far away from appearing.

Panasonic's batteries are used to support the early research and development of car manufacturing. When CATL enters the market, it will be a good time for mutual growth.

As the inspection team surveyed the domestic supply chain, Yu Xing gradually had a rough idea in his mind and formed a general outline for the progress.

On April 4, Bai Xiaosheng's VIE structure for overseas listing was completed, clearing up the equity structure issues for listing in the United States.

At noon that day, Yu Xing was studying the underwriting information sent by IDG in his office on the sixth floor when he suddenly heard Liu Jiankai's excited voice from a distance.

"Boss Yu, Boss Yu!" Liu Jiankai rushed into the office, holding a KFC bag, and shouted, "Come on, come on, I'll treat you to a spicy chicken burger!!"

Yu Xing put down the documents in confusion, looked at his excited face, and took the hamburger handed to him: "What are you crazy about?"

Liu Jiankai smiled and said nothing. He took out a spicy chicken burger and took a big bite.

Yu Xing shook his head and took a bite of the burger.

"Haha, how does it taste?" Liu Jiankai said cheerfully, "Do you have any wine? Let's have a couple of drinks."

Yu Xing didn't think there was anything special about the burger. He said unhappily, "It tastes just like that. This is the CEO's office, where I work. There's no alcohol. If you want to drink, wait until after get off work tonight."

"Hey, this is what I exchanged for with Bitcoin." Liu Jiankai laughed, "I exchanged all 60 Bitcoins. I waited for several days and transferred them from Hong Kong. After deducting the handling fee, I got about yuan."

60 bitcoins were exchanged for more than 300 yuan.

Yu Xing suddenly stopped eating his hamburger and looked carefully at the spicy chicken burger in front of him.

Then he put the hamburger on the table, stood up and walked a few steps, closed the door of the president's office, then opened the cabinet and took out a bottle of Moutai and two disposable cups.

"Mr. Yu, you just said there was no wine!" Liu Jiankai said dissatisfiedly.

"I don't know why, but this spicy chicken burger is extra chewy." It was hard for Yu Xing not to have mixed emotions in his heart. He poured the wine, pushed the glass over, and said with emotion, "The burger is so fragrant, so spicy, so spicy!"

He vaguely remembered that the highest price of one Bitcoin later exceeded 1 US dollars. In other words, if Liu Jiankai had left the coins alone, their value would have soared to 10 million US dollars.

600 million US dollars, equivalent to nearly 4000 million Chinese yuan.

Even though Yu Xing is now quite wealthy, he still feels that eating this 4000 million burger is... too spicy and luxurious!
Liu Jiankai laughed out loud, took the wine glass, and thought that President Yu was quite nice to him. This visit could allow him to break his habit and have a drink in the office.

Yu Xing ate his hamburger with Maotai, and every bite felt like he was biting into a mountain of gold.

"Mr. Liu, I suddenly thought of Journey to the West, where Zhu Bajie couldn't taste the ginseng fruit. After I finished eating this spicy chicken burger, I suddenly felt a little unpalatable..."

"How about you go back and dig a few dozen more, then switch to a burger meal, and I'll savor the flavor."

Yu Xing raised his glass and made a suggestion.

Liu Jiankai got some meaning this time and said with a generous smile: "Boss Yu, do you think I lost money on this exchange? Can it appreciate in value in the future? No matter how much it appreciates, 10 times, 100 times, I can still afford to treat you to a meal worth tens of thousands of yuan if I grit my teeth!"

Yu Xing nodded, took out his mobile phone to take a photo as a souvenir, and posted a message to his friends to commemorate the moment when Mr. Liu treated him to a hamburger.

In less than fifteen minutes, the future 4000 million was all eaten up.

Yu Xing suppressed his emotion and asked Liu Jiankai, who had recently become addicted to mining: "You have mined and exchanged, do you think this cryptocurrency has a future?"

"How should I put it?" Liu Jiankai said his feelings, "This thing is interesting, but there are probably only tens of thousands of people doing this in the world, no more than 10 at most. This time I exchanged dollars through Mt. Gox. The process is slow and troublesome. From the perspective of simplifying the process, there may be a demand, but... too few people play it."

He shook his head: "There aren't many people interested in this. No matter how hard I try to meet their needs, what future can I have?"

Yu Xing did not refute Liu Jiankai, and said: "Then you can pay attention to it first. I think this kind of application based on blockchain technology is quite interesting. It is decentralized and has a fixed number of scarcity. There is still a lot of room for play."

Liu Jiankai did think there was "potential room for improvement" and said cheerfully: "I'll get a few more computers to mine it later. At least its current value can cover the electricity bill, so it can be considered profitable."

Yu Xing is not sure when Bitcoin will skyrocket, but he believes that since Liu Jiankai has such interest, he will definitely witness its ups and downs.

Regarding cryptocurrency, he now thinks that there is a huge profit margin in it, and on the other hand, he is also considering whether it can play a greater role in combination with the things at hand. Yu Xing still remembers a tool that Liu Wanying talked about a long time ago: money is a tool, projects are tools, resources are tools, and cryptocurrency can naturally serve as a tool.

The tram project is a tool for converting capital into means of production, and it would be best if this tool could go beyond domestic competition.

Yu Xing had a small, yet unformed idea in his mind. Cryptocurrency would obviously have more room for development abroad in the future. Using it as a tool to pave the way might make things go more smoothly.

Liu Jiankai came excitedly and left excitedly, just to share his mining achievements. As for when and what to do, his answer was that there was no rush.

Originally, Liu Jiankai wanted to help out in WeChat, but after WeChat was sold to Alibaba, it caused a huge upheaval, so he wanted to see how far the profound impact would go.

By the way, he also thought about his own life.

Bai Xiaosheng pushed forward the listing progress step by step. Although it was difficult to recruit people for the electric car team, it gradually became a team of more than 40 people. According to the direction defined by Yu Xing, it contacted domestic large and small supplier companies.

The time in April seemed slow but actually went by fast. By May, Bai Xiaosheng officially reached a cooperation with Morgan and Goldman Sachs, and they would be responsible for the underwriting work in an attempt to launch an impact on Nasdaq.

As a shareholder of Bai Xiaosheng, Xu Xin has not had any direct communication with Yu Xing recently due to their twisted relationship. However, whether it is sending people to help supervise Yu Xing's family's fruit chain business or recommending senior veterans in the automotive industry to serve as consultants, there is actually good interaction in the actions.

However, on the second day of May, she suddenly received a call from Pang Ruiyang, whom she had recommended to Yu Xing.

In fact, Pang Ruiyang has a close relationship with his father and is his uncle. He has been immersed in the automotive industry for decades and is definitely an experienced senior talent.

Xu Xin also thought hard for a long time and used her connections to invite Pang Ruiyang, feeling that she had done her part in Yu Xing's request. However... within two days, he was fired? ?

When she received the angry call, she quickly comforted the other party: "Uncle Pang, Uncle Pang, don't be angry, there must be a misunderstanding here, uh, this, um..."

Xu Xin thought of Yu Xing's tough personality and domineering behavior, and added: "Yu Xing has a bad personality and is difficult to deal with. Don't take it personally. I'll call him and scold him right now!"

The call ended with great difficulty.

Xu Xin thought about the three visits to his thatched cottage and the tone of his elders, and the anger in his heart was rising. He directly called Yu Xing and asked angrily: "Yu Xing, what's wrong with you? What's the situation with Director Pang!"

When Yu Xing received the call, he guessed what the call was about and said calmly, "Boss Xu, thank you for your recommendation. I am very grateful to Director Pang for his guidance. He is very good to me at the strategic level..."

Xu Xin interrupted, "Don't be so pretentious! Just tell me straight! What are you doing all this for? Do you think I don't know who you are?"

Yu Xing was somewhat helpless: "Boss Xu, what do you want me to say? Say that Director Pang is too old-fashioned? Out of date? Can't keep up with the times?"

Xu Xin said angrily: "Yu! Don't think you can do anything just because you make money from selling projects! You have no experience in the automotive industry at all! Do you think Pang Ruiyang is willing to be your consultant? It took a lot of effort to invite him!"

Yu Xing was not angry, and said patiently: "Mr. Xu, what do you want me to do? I said that the extended-range route can be done, but he insisted that it cannot be done and insisted that I change it. I said that the one-piece die-casting can be done, but he insisted that it cannot be done and believed that traditional stamping and welding are the truth... I do appreciate your recommendation, but this is really not in line with the tone, so don't let the old man come over."

Xu Xin listened to Yu Xing's meaningful explanation, and her anger was reduced by half. She felt that she might have wronged him a little, so she thought about it and said, "Just like the two points you just mentioned, Director Pang has experience, and you are not necessarily right. This should be discussed."

"Okay, we can discuss it. There is no precedent for one-piece die-casting. Although the supplier thinks the technology is feasible, the extended-range route has been around for a long time. Although the current battery advancement can circumvent the transmission patent, let's not talk about these." Yu Xing said calmly, "Now there is a biggest problem. I said I want to make new energy, but he denied it and asked me to make a fuel car..."

Xu Xin was stunned: "..."

this……

Yu Xing asked: "Boss Xu, how can I carry out my work like this?"

"Hmm..." Xu Xin murmured, "Um... uh..."

"Boss Xu, I still want to thank you for taking the trouble to help me find someone." Yu Xing said sincerely, "There is no conflict between me and Director Pang. We just have different perceptions. This cannot be forced, so there is no need to force it, right?"

Xu Xin pursed her lips and could only reluctantly say, "Then don't be so direct and rude when you communicate."

Yu Xing smiled and agreed: "Okay, Mr. Xu."

Xu Xin held the phone in her hand, and the more she spoke, the more she felt that she was being unreasonable.

She quickly changed the subject and talked about Bai Xiaosheng's work before going public.

After the call ended, Xu Xin thought over and over again. This time the return seemed to make a lot of sense, and Yu Xing was too human...

She flipped through Uncle Pang's name in her phone's address book, not knowing how to explain the current situation.

After a long while, I suddenly received a text message from Pang Ruiyang on my mobile phone.

Pang Ruiyang: "Do you look down on me? Do you think I'm an old-fashioned guy? I'll go there tomorrow!"

Xu Xin stared at the content of the text message and suddenly felt regretful for letting this uncle retire and find a job again. Not to mention whether he could be useful, he also wanted to prevent his health from being upset.

……

Yu Xing's tram team contacted many manufacturers in April.

He also took time out on weekends to visit automobile factories near Shanghai, including SAIC, Geely, Ford, and their suppliers and R&D centers.

Yu Xing believes that to make electric cars, the first task is to start with the supply chain, but learning and thinking about the operations of mature car companies is also essential.

Up to now, Yu Xing's decent reputation is limited to the Internet, so not all visits like his will be received by senior executives. But no matter how high or low, it is still a glimpse of the whole picture and he may gain something.

On the evening of May 5, Yu Xing finished his work as Bai Xiaosheng and browsed the report of the electric car team. Suddenly, he noticed an information summary from Beijing, saying that a company there had mastered the "nickel-carbon battery technology" and was preparing a new energy vehicle project.

Yu Xing thought about it, called his secretary Zhang Yangxu, and asked him to help arrange a time to go to Beijing to exchange ideas and take a look at the car companies there.

At 9:30 in the evening, Zhang Yangxu called back and gave an unexpected answer.

"Mr. Yu, the Oriental company in Beijing refused to communicate." Zhang Yangxu said on the phone, "I contacted the deputy general manager, and he said the company is too busy and has no time to communicate."

Yu Xing said "Oh" and said nonchalantly: "Okay then, it's okay."

Zhang Yangxu hesitated for a second and then said, "But his reaction was quite strange. I told him our identities and he asked me two questions repeatedly, 'Which know-it-all? What do you want to do? Have I offended you?'..."

This seems to be someone who knows Bai Xiaosheng and is quite familiar with him.

Yu Xing raised his eyebrows: "What does this mean? You won't even let me see you after hearing it's me?"

Zhang Yangxu said "hmm", feeling that this was the reaction from the other side.

"Nickel-carbon battery, nickel-carbon battery." Yu Xing muttered a few words and shook his head. "Okay, I get it. It's probably unreliable. Don't worry about it. Just do our own thing and we will meet each other if we are destined to."

He ended the call and continued to browse through his pile of documents.

……

It was just a routine communication and inquiry call from Shanghai, however, Bai Xiaosheng's name was quite powerful in the hearts of some people.

Late at night, Beijing Oriental Fortune Star Company held a meeting of core executives to repeatedly consider the problem.

"What does Yu Xing want to do? Is he targeting us? What information does he have?"

They not only know Bai Xiaosheng and Yu Xing, but they are also familiar with the many scams that Bai Xiaosheng has exposed in the past two years.

If you don't do anything wrong in your life, you won't be afraid of ghosts knocking on your door at night.

I did something wrong, and suddenly I received a call from Bai Xiaosheng...

Boss Ma Shaohua took a deep puff of cigarette and said, "Don't worry, I'll go to Shencheng to see what Yu Xing wants to do!"

We cannot sit and wait for death, we must take the initiative and take our destiny into our own hands.

(End of this chapter)