Chapter 302: A Drop in the Bucket, Boss Gu

The most intuitive impression a car gives to consumers is the body design, but the most intuitive first impression it gives to drivers is the settings of the center console.

The curved screen is a big gimmick, but the display quality of Jiuzhou Technology's OLED screen is far better than the top Korean stars and LED screens in the same industry, which is the most important point.

The discussion of a group of executives, the specific content of the meeting is not known to outsiders, but in the end a vice president stood up.

"The current situation is changeable and weird. If you don't seek innovation and change, you can only wait to be abandoned by the times.

Xia Wei also has his own Hongmeng system, but President Ren can also open permissions to the Gonggong system, why can't we?

Everything must be independent, but the data of Jiuzhou Technology's system is processed by Yunzhong Jiulong, and Dong Qi also promised that if you don't want to put it in Yunzhong Jiulong, all cloud data can still be processed by ourselves.

Why can't we choose a part of the car series or open up two models for a car series, one equipped with Jiuzhou Technology's supporting technology, and the other using our own technology.

If there is a gap, we can also learn from its strengths. "

In the end, the intention of cooperation was reached.

BYD's senior management team is basically composed of top students or high-achieving students. After so many years of working in the world, how can they not see the future clearly and make decisions?

Moreover, they only cooperate selectively. Strengthening themselves is the most important thing. After all, the winner is the one who laughs last.

For this matter, everyone has a lot of thoughts, but they don't know.

"It's just a casual move. Zhang Tianhao and his team went there to test the wind and see which aspects can complement each other's strengths and weaknesses. Secondly, through in-depth cooperation, they can check the strengths and weaknesses of BYD's technical capabilities.

Batteries are actually not troublesome. The entire mechanical system including motors is the most troublesome, and BYD's technical capabilities in this regard may not be as strong as ours."

Boss Gu, who returned to the headquarters, chatted with Vice President Dong in the office and said so.

Dong Qi glanced at Gu Qing, sorted out the information in his hand and said: "At present, domestic pure electric vehicles have become the representative of new energy. Electric motors, batteries, and electronic control systems are the important components of pure electric trucks.

BYD's new energy technology has become increasingly mature. Do we have enough technical reserves?"

It's not distrust, but Vice President Dong really knows very little about technical reserves.

He has always abided by the rules and done things within his authority.

In terms of financial expenditure, the R&D department is now an independent system, which only asks for money. The data used for procurement and consumption are directly given to Gu Qing, and no specific report will be given to the Finance Department.

As for patent applications, some of them are special channels for the military, which cannot be accessed by outsiders, and there are many technologies within Jiuzhou Technology that are not patented.

According to what Gu said: Do you have to show the technical details when applying for a patent? Why?

So for technologies with high technical difficulty, I am afraid that only Gu Qing knows the technical reserves of Jiuzhou Technology.

Dong Qi talked about the technical reserves, and Gu Qing smiled.

In this regard, which company can have more than him?

"If you're talking about technical reserves in other industries, I may not have much, but for battery energy, I have something to say.

Don't think that Tesla and BYD are in a hot battle this year, but their battery directions have problems.

The safety of ternary lithium batteries is generally not as good as that of lithium iron phosphate batteries, but the performance of lithium iron phosphate batteries in terms of energy density is also unsatisfactory.

I believe that as production capacity increases, more users and more test products are added, problems will arise.

For example, Tesla uses ternary lithium batteries, and fire incidents will definitely occur.

BYD uses blade batteries. If it does not accept our technical adjustments, it will definitely lead to a sharp increase in energy consumption in some areas. There are also too many customized parts. It is not certain that some cars will have accidents where the airbags cannot be opened one day.

In fact, this is also a problem that I don't want to intervene in this industry.

The industrial clusters and industrial chains of automobiles and new energy vehicles are too complicated. Various parts manufacturers also have system coordination, and many of them are heavy assets. Although our company has some money, it is still a drop in the bucket to invest in this big project."

A drop in the bucket, Boss Gu.

Vice President Dong did not comment. The young boss in front of him had invested as much money in the semiconductor industry as those companies that had transformed into new energy vehicles, and the company had recently built a large factory and purchased equipment, which had also cost a lot.

"It's good that you know. We don't have much working capital in our account recently."

When Boss Gu heard this, his first reaction was that it was impossible.

Although Jiuzhou Technology did not go public for financing, its cash flow was not small.

The Titanium Star Department has two big money-making businesses, bionic mechanical prostheses and Titanium Star home appliances.

The semiconductor department has wafer business and photolithography machine light source business, which can fully support itself.

Of course, the food and beverage factory of Jiuzhou Technology has the highest profit margin now.

The unit price of a 100 ml bottle of Taoyao is 100 Xia yuan, but the cost is less than 10 yuan.

This is when the official does not do scalping. At present, the Taoyao sold by scalpers starts at 200 Xia yuan per bottle. If foreign users want to buy it, it depends on the region. If it is in a country where Jiuzhou Technology has cooperation, it is about 300 per bottle. If it is in some places where there is no cooperation, it is difficult to estimate.

Because scalpers can’t get many bottles.

Under Xuanwu's deliberate control, Taoyao's monthly production capacity is increasing, but it has always maintained 90% of orders for users who really need it, and only about 5% of the share will be given to scalpers.

As for the remaining 5%?

Sending elders and building connections are all necessary.

So after making so much money, where did the money go?

Dong Qi handed Gu Qing a document.

"We have expanded our recruitment of talents. The company has now increased the basic salary of ordinary researchers to 15,000 yuan. If we exclude those with high education and senior engineers, the monthly salary of our cleaning ladies starts from 6,000 yuan.

For building factories and purchasing equipment, although the land is free, the factory drawings provided by the R&D department are too high, and the cost of a factory is tens of millions. In addition, we need to buy some sensitive and high-tech equipment at a high price.

We need to spend foreign exchange to expand overseas markets, build storage and maintenance centers locally, recruit employees, and provide services to users.

And you said that we need to reserve a sum of money to invest in energy projects. I have reserved 5 billion yuan, plus the company's administrative and other business expenses, and the salaries of employees, which need to be reserved for more than half a year.

Adding it all up, the current working capital that can be used is only about 1 billion yuan. Of course, we still make a profit every month, but we also need to pay suppliers on time."

After flipping through the documents and listening to Dong Qi counting the projects like a treasure, Gu Qing patted Vice President Dong on the shoulder.

"I am still relieved that you are in charge of the accounts, and this money is enough."

What do you mean by enough? This is really rich, like a wealthy person.

PS: I heard that some companies paid suppliers money but ended up paying them water, which is amazing.