Chapter 276 Financial Freedom Accidentally

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

Otherwise, Karodite would not have nodded so easily.

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

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

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

According to his promise to Lu Zhou, he will fly back to the headquarters in Brussels, Belgium tonight, persuade the board of directors to agree to this patent cooperation agreement, and strive to sign the contract before the end of the year.

As for whether it can be done, Kalodite can only say that he will do his best.

After all, for a listed company, a transaction involving hundreds of millions of dollars cannot be decided casually.

Among other things, no matter whether the contract is finally negotiated or not, from the moment the letter of intent is signed, relevant information must be disclosed in advance in the securities market.

The call from Carlodite just now was 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, got on the elevator, and went straight back to his room.

Along the way, his steps were very light, just like his mood.

It wasn't until the door behind him was closed that Lu Zhou came back to his senses as if waking up from a dream, realizing what an extraordinary thing he had just done.

"Four hundred million dollars..."

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

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

When he was a child, he had daydreams about winning the five million lottery. As for the tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions... To be honest, he never even dreamed about it.

What should I buy?

Hire another teaching assistant?

Buy a supercomputer for Xiaoai?

Let my father help me go to Beijing to buy two sets?

still……

Wind up the neckerchief first?

Fortunately, reason prevailed.

Lu Zhou, who just took out his mobile phone, finally restrained 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 said a few words of common sense, got up and went to the bathroom to take a shower, to calm down his boiling brain a little.

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

After washing, lie flat on the bed.

I thought I would fall asleep quickly after a busy day, but after tossing and turning in the middle of the night, Lu Zhou didn't feel sleepy at all.

I don't know when it started, there was a little bit of morning and evening outside the window.

It wasn't until the phone's alarm 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 up all night.

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

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

Just at midnight Washington time, Umicore Corporation in Brussels, Belgium, suddenly disclosed a patent cooperation plan involving US$400 million on its official website.

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

Although the media has reported more than once that there have been "major research results" on lithium anode materials, and they have been accompanied by various eye-catching headlines, but so far, no chemical company has really started to industrialize lithium anode materials. production.

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

The sensitive capital market finally smelled a little trouble.

That day, it seems, has finally come.

...

When the sun rose the next day, MRS was still going on. Except for Lu Zhou who was still sleeping soundly after a night of sleep, everything in the venue seemed to be the same as yesterday.

However, on Wall Street, which is only a few hundred kilometers away from Boston, the entire sector related to lithium batteries is boiling like a carnival.

Almost all companies involved in the lithium battery industry saw their share prices rise to varying degrees in less than half an hour after the market opened.

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

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

When it comes to market value and fame, companies like Umicore may not be able to compare with customers who produce batteries such as Samsung, Sony, Panasonic, and BYD, and even less than "customers of their own customers"-those mobile phones with a market value of 100 billion US dollars, new energy vehicles, etc. and other technology companies.

But in terms of industry influence, these chemical giants with hundreds of years of history are not inferior to them in the slightest.

As for the reason, it is also very simple.

A Tesla can be created in five years, and an Apple or Microsoft can rise in ten years. But if the speed of technological progress cannot keep up with the times, maybe they will be replaced by new high-tech companies in less than ten years.

However, for those enterprises in the upstream of the industrial chain, although their prospects lack room for imagination, the risks shared by them are relatively minimal.

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

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

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

After sleeping until the afternoon, Lu Zhou stretched himself, picked up his phone and checked the time, but he didn't check the time, but saw a screen full of missed calls.

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

When I was having a headache wondering which call to start to call back, another call came.

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

"Hey?"

"it's me."

Hearing the familiar voice on the other end of the phone, Lu Zhou froze for a moment, and asked in an uncertain voice.

"Professor Li?"

There was hearty laughter from the other end of the phone.

"Haha, it seems you haven't forgotten me yet."

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

As for Professor Li, Lu Zhou naturally would not forget that if it wasn't for the help of the old man, his system task might not have been successfully completed. It's just that the call came from an unfamiliar number, which made him unable to react for a while.

Professor Li said with a smile: "It's not that I changed my number. I'm on a business trip and I'm using a temporary number."

"Business trip?" Lu Zhou couldn't help but have a strange expression, "Are you in Boston?"

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

Lu Zhou coughed lightly: "What are you having fun with? I fell asleep 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'll be sitting downstairs in the lobby of the hotel. It's just in time for dinner. If you have time, let's have dinner together. If you haven't slept enough, we Let’s meet again another day.”

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