Chapter 970: Choice

Suburbs of Shanghai.

In a twenty-story office building, in a conference room stacked with packed cardboard boxes, a white man with brown hair and a high nose bridge sat on one side of the conference table, staring at Li Tinghui who sat on the other side, As if quietly waiting for something.

The wall clock on the wall walked quietly, and when the hour hand swung to the hour, there was a light click.

As if his thoughts were interrupted by this soft sound, Li Tinghui, who was sitting there motionless, finally moved.

He took a deep breath and closed the contract on the table.

"Sorry, I can't accept your proposal."

This is an acquisition contract, not for Beep Charging, but for himself.

It has to be said that the price for the dismissal of Mr. Beavis is indeed quite attractive.

It took him a lot of effort to get 10 million financing from Xingkong Technology with 60% of the shares, and the 10 million is not his own. However, now Tesla is willing to acquire the remaining 40% of his shares at a price of 10 million yuan.

If he agrees, he will directly get the 10 million yuan.

Of course, on the contrary, if he agrees, it will also mean that he is out of the game and completely loses control over Beep Charging. And the beep charging he founded will also change from a promising charging pile company to a battleground between Xingkong Technology and Tesla in the field of charging piles.

"It's okay, we didn't expect to finish the negotiation at once." Not surprised by Li Tinghui's answer, the white man stood up and said with a nonchalant smile on his face, "But I still hope you think about it seriously. , after all……"

After a pause, he continued.

"You are facing a behemoth with assets exceeding tens of billions of dollars. Even if Xingkong Technology intends to support you, in my opinion, your size is not worth mentioning."

When he said the last sentence, the corners of Beavis' mouth curled up in a disdainful arc.

Although Musk has asked him to try to talk to the founder of the Beep Charging to see if he can acquire the remaining 40% of the shares and spend money to settle the matter.

But in fact, deep down in his heart, he didn't take this sentence too seriously.

As a leader in the field of new energy vehicles, after so many years of publicity, the Tesla brand has undergone a long enough precipitation in the field of new energy, just like Apple in the field of mobile phones, relying only on its own brand image, it can Gain a legion of loyal supporters.

Now Tesla has acquired evgo, and has mastered the full set of technology and related patents of "150-350kw ultra-high power fast charging pile". The first batch of equipment has been put into production at the Tesla factory in Shanghai, and it will be next month at the latest The first batch of ultra-power fast charging piles will be put on the market by the end of the month.

Wireless charging?

It sounds like a gimmicky idea, but it would be too wishful thinking to expect the strong capital behind Tesla, the god of war, by relying on gimmicks.

By the time they make the product, the entire market in Shanghai has long been dominated by Tesla subsidiaries.

After the people left, Wang Qiang, the company's technical director, walked to Li Tinghui's side, glanced at the fading Tesla Model outside the floor-to-ceiling window, and asked in a low voice.

"Mr. Li, is that someone from Tesla?"

It wasn't just Wang Qiang who was asking this question.

Several employees in the office also peeked this way, obviously listening with their ears up.

Li Tinghui was silent for a while when faced with the question from his capable generals, then nodded and said, "Well, Beavis, general manager of Tesla's China Region."

There were murmurs of surprise in the office.

Hearing the affirmative answer, Wang Qiang couldn't help but look forward to the future, and said with emotion. "Our company is really getting better and better. First, it received financing from Xingkong Technology, and now Tesla has thrown an olive branch... Are they here to discuss financing?"

Li Tinghui's expression didn't change, he was silent for a while, then nodded: "...well."

Of course, it was impossible for him to tell his subordinates that Beavis did not come with a financing contract, but a "letter of persuasion to surrender".

This is too demoralizing.

"Then Mr. Li, do you agree?"

Looking at the expectant expressions on the faces of the business partners, for some reason, the look that Beavis left before he left suddenly appeared in Li Tinghui's mind.

Those eyes seemed to be looking at a group of ants, not only disdainful, but completely ignoring them.

Feeling a flame burning in his chest, especially when he met the expectant eyes of his companions, Li Tinghui was silent for a while, then suddenly raised his head and said.

"No."

The office was quiet.

Especially technical director Wang Qiang, the boss with his mouth open, looked at Li Tinghui in disbelief.

No?

That's a Tesla!

A giant in the new energy vehicle industry!

He really couldn't understand why his boss refused Tesla's resources.

Looking at the people with surprised expressions on their faces, Li Tinghui knew what they were thinking, and continued speaking in a steady tone.

"Tesla didn't come with candy, they came with guns."

"Some of you may have heard of it, and some may still be in the dark, but from now on, each of you must be clear that Tesla, which has acquired evgo, is entering the Huaguo charging pile market. They are our competitors and cannot be our allies. If we accept their financing, it will be tantamount to surrendering to them!"

"Remember, what we want to do is to be the largest charging pile company in China and even the world, not a vassal of a new energy vehicle company!"

"Besides, it's still an American company!"

"Do you expect to use their resources to rise? Dream! The only purpose of their acquisition of us is to bring us down and pave the way for their own fully-controlled EVGO to occupy the Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration and even the entire Huaguo power output port market!"

Regardless of whether their entrepreneurial partners can understand themselves.

But these are the truest thoughts in his heart.

As his words fell, the office fell into silence.

Some people have confusion on their faces, some people have regrets on their faces, and more people's faces are written with infected recognition...

I don't know who applauded first.

The applause seemed to be contagious. It turned from a drizzle to a torrential rain, and finally filled the entire office.

Facing the office full of applause and the affirmative eyes, Li Tinghui took a deep breath and nodded slightly.

"thanks!"

“It has been an honor in my life to be able to accomplish this career with you.”

...

Whether it is ambition overcoming reason, or purely out of blind optimism about the research and development capabilities of the Jinling Institute for Advanced Study, Li Tinghui, after thoroughly recognizing the status quo, not only did not show any worried expression on his face, on the contrary, compared with yesterday's It's much easier.

The opponent is evgo, which is controlled by Tesla.

It is foreseeable that all pure electric vehicles of the entire Tesla Group will set thresholds for their products in terms of compatibility.

But this is not what he needs to worry about now, there are only two things he needs to worry about now.

One is the relocation of the office location.

Another thing is to negotiate with the major shopping malls, residential areas, and parking lots in Shanghai, and strive to negotiate the project of exclusive parking spaces for wireless charging piles at the lowest possible cost...

Public canteens in office buildings.

Sitting in a secluded corner while eating, Li Tinghui listened to the news on TV.

At this moment, CCTV's international news channel suddenly released a report on the breakthrough progress of lithium-air batteries, and the top chemical journal "JACS" and the name of Professor Lu appeared in the news.

Li-ion battery?

Ears keenly caught the word, Li Tinghui raised his head and looked at the TV screen, with a hint of surprise in his eyes.

This technology is dark enough...

Lithium-sulfur batteries have just been released for a few years, will lithium-air batteries be used again soon?

Taking a mouthful of rice into his mouth, he thought casually while chewing.

Although he didn't major in materials science, the major of electrical engineering still involved a little bit of it.

If the lithium-air battery technology really breaks through, the cruising range of new energy vehicles will be further improved, and the role of charging piles will become greater than that of replaceable batteries.

After all, when replacing the battery, the user is not only buying electricity, but also has to pay for a series of explicit or hidden costs such as depreciation, refurbishment, and even environmental protection. Only on the highway, consumers have the motivation to exchange money for time, and replaceable batteries have a broad market.

And if you just run in the city or at the door of the house, even the current mileage of the lithium-sulfur battery is not so easy to use up. After parking the car, the battery can be fully charged after a night of sleep, and only a fool will change a battery.

No matter how you think about it, this incident should be good news for Beep Charging.

After a piece of news is over, the next piece of news that will be broadcast is about the continuous rise in international iron ore prices. According to the analysis of relevant people, due to the recent boom in the infrastructure market in Asia, the prices of infrastructure and building materials have continued to rise, and even spilled over to the upstream of the industrial chain, such as iron ore raw materials.

Not very concerned about the futures market, Li Tinghui continued to eat, completely withdrawing his attention from the TV.

At this moment, he didn't realize, or everyone didn't realize, what kind of huge impact this news of lithium-air batteries will have on the heating up charging pile market, and even the entire new energy industry... …