Rebirth of the Industrial Tycoon - Vol 2 Chapter 459

Chapter 459

As the frontier of reform and opening up, the entire city is full of endless opportunities.

Many so-called technology companies are born here every day, and many technology companies close down every day.

Bidi Technology Co., Ltd. is a small company that has just been established. The company has only more than 20 people, and it mainly produces rechargeable batteries.

In the mid-nineties, BP machines have become popular in the mainland. Rich businessmen have also begun to spend more than 10,000 yuan on the big brother. The Chinese people have entered the era of digital products for the first time.

However, at the time, not to mention the small battery capacity, the older brother was still very power-consuming. Unlike now, the mobile phone is full of electricity and slips for a day.

The first generation of big brothers in the 1980s, charging for one hour, can only talk for 30 minutes.

Although the Big Brother in the 1990s has improved, it takes seven or eight hours to charge on a single charge, and the talk time will not exceed one hour.

So the rechargeable battery used by Big Brother has become a very demanding product.

Zero Zero may not know that all previous mobile phones used removable batteries.

Some people even asked on the Internet why the mobile phone does not use a removable battery design, so that the battery can be replaced when there is no electricity. Then a lot of people in the back posted pictures of universal charging.

In fact, in the past, when a mobile phone left the factory, it would be equipped with two batteries, one for use in the phone and the other for charging on the charger.

In the 1990s, two batteries were not enough. People with busy business needed four batteries, plus two mobile phone chargers.

At that time, businessmen, in addition to bringing a fully-charged big brother when they went out, also brought one or two fully-charged batteries so that they could be replaced at any time.

A Big Brother sells for more than 20,000 yuan, while a Big Brother’s original rechargeable battery costs two thousand yuan.

But in fact, the production cost of the battery is less than 300 yuan. Therefore, the production of big brother batteries is a very profitable business.

In the early 1990s, there were many factories on Hong Kong Island that specialized in producing batteries for Big Brother. Later, businessmen on Hong Kong Island found that labor costs in the Mainland were lower, so they moved all battery factories to the Mainland.

However, in the industry of rechargeable batteries, Hong Kong Island enterprises are just playing a small role, and they have not cultivated well-known large enterprises.

The real boss of the rechargeable battery industry is still a Japanese company. In the field of rechargeable batteries, Japanese companies are almost in a monopoly position.

Bidi’s current main business is the production of big brother batteries.

The general manager of   Bidi is surnamed Wang and nicknamed the boatman. He has a master’s degree in non-ferrous metals. He has been engaged in battery research since 1987. After graduation, he also became the head of a certain laboratory of Beijing non-ferrous metals researcher.

In 1993, the boatman was sent to the special zone to serve as the general manager of a state-controlled battery company.

However, it was an era when all the people went to sea, so Wang Chuanfu gave up the position of general manager, resolutely chose to go to sea, and founded Bidi Technology Company.

There are many kinds of rechargeable batteries, such as nickel-cadmium batteries, nickel-metal hydride batteries, lithium-ion batteries, lead storage batteries, etc., while Bidi Technology Co., Ltd. mainly produces nickel-cadmium batteries.

The reason why the boatman chose nickel-cadmium batteries was mainly because Japan announced that it would no longer produce nickel-cadmium batteries in China.

Boatman thought this was an unprecedented opportunity, so he decided to get involved in the production of nickel-cadmium batteries, striving to replace Japanese companies in the nickel-cadmium battery supply chain.

At that time, many domestic enterprises were blindly pursuing modernization and would spend a large price to introduce international leading production lines. However, because of high production costs or insufficient technical reserves, their products could not be recognized by the market.

However, as a battery professional, the boatman adopts a strategy of independent research and development from start to finish. In terms of process, raw materials, quality control, and even cost reduction, Mr. Wang is all personally involved.

However, this kind of independent research and development strategy is definitely more difficult than the introduction of money, especially before the technology is mature, the quality of the products made is far inferior to foreign products.

Bidi Company, which has just been established, has made great strides in the research and development of nickel-cadmium batteries, but in fact it has not obtained much economic benefits and is still in the stage of burning money.

This is also the most troublesome thing about the boatman. Once Bidi’s money is burned out, but he has not received the order, Bidi will probably be on the road to bankruptcy by then.

On this day, the boatman was in the laboratory, conducting experiments with a few engineers, and his men rushed in.

“President Wang, a guest came outside who wants to see you. This is his business card.”

Bountyman took the business card and took a closer look, suddenly shocked in his heart.

“Puppy Electric Chairman Li Weidong!” Brother Boatman couldn’t believe his eyes.

Puppy Appliance’s position in the domestic home appliance industry is not as good as Haier and Gree’s first-class companies, but its reputation is definitely not small. At least the daily advertisements of major TV stations have never stopped.

When the popular TV series was halfway through, the commercials began to be inserted, and I could see Mr. Ge suddenly come out to bring the goods.

So in the eyes of the boatman, Puppy Electric is a big enterprise, and Li Weidong is also a big entrepreneur.

“How could Li Weidong, such a big entrepreneur, come to my small factory? Could it be a fake by a liar?” Mr. Wang secretly asked in his heart.

But now that everyone is here, regardless of whether it is a fake, Brother Boatman is still surprised. So he put down the experiment in his hand and ran to see Li Weidong.

“Chairman Li, I have long admired your name!” After seeing Li Weidong, the boatman showed a slightly surprised expression. He did not expect that the chairman of the dignified Puppy Appliances would be the same age as himself.

At the same time, Brother Boatman was also sure that Li Weidong in front of him was definitely not a liar.

Li Weidong can be regarded as the top private entrepreneur in the country, and he can’t pretend that kind of billionaire temperament.

The boatman has been in the special zone for such a long time, and he has also seen many big bosses, and he has seen countless people, so he confirmed Li Weidong’s identity with just one glance.

Li Weidong also looked at Mr. Wang, and secretly said in his heart that this “brother boatman” was not very different from what he remembered. He was less than 30 years old, but he looked like a 40-year-old man, very sophisticated. .

After the two exchanged a few words, the boatman asked, “Chairman Li is coming, I don’t know what instructions are there?”

“The instructions are out of the question, I came to you to buy the battery.” Li Weidong said, took out a sample of the puppy razor from his bag and handed it to the boatman.

“Mr. Wang, this is a razor produced by our Puppy Electric. At present, this razor uses two AA dry batteries. I want to change the dry batteries to rechargeable batteries.” Li Weidong said.

“Is it a AA rechargeable battery?” Brother Boatman paused, and then said, “The performance of that thing is not as good as ordinary dry batteries.”

The price of the AA rechargeable battery at that time was about ten times that of the AA dry battery, but the capacity was smaller than that of the dry battery, and it was not durable. The more recharges, the less the capacity, and it will be scrapped if you can’t charge it several times. Sex is not high.

So most people still choose ordinary dry batteries. Only the elderly who listen to the radio all day, or the children who play four-wheel drive vehicles, will use AA-size rechargeable batteries because the battery consumption is relatively large on weekdays.

Li Weidong explained: “What I want is not the AA rechargeable battery, but the rechargeable battery that is directly fixed in the shaver. It is like the one used by the big brother, should it be called a nickel-cadmium battery?”

The boatman nodded suddenly: “I understand. But Big Brother and the razor are two products after all, and the power-consuming parts inside are different. I don’t know that nickel-cadmium batteries are used in razors. , Can it work.”

“Of course it can. Philips, Panasonic, and Braun shavers all have rechargeable models? This is enough to prove that nickel-cadmium batteries can be used on shavers.” Li Weidong said.

“It makes sense!” The boatman continued: “Then I only need to buy a Philips rechargeable razor, take a look at it, and you will know what structure their battery system uses.”

“Mr. Wang, you don’t have to worry about it. I have already brought a Philips rechargeable razor.” Li Weidong said, and took out a Philips HQ40 razor from his bag.

The boatman took the razor and said, “Chairman Li, wait a moment, I will take a look.”

Bountyman finished speaking, he escaped from the drawer and other tools such as a screwdriver, and took apart the shaver three times.

As an engineer researching non-ferrous metals, the boatman’s hands-on ability is still very strong, and soon he took out the battery from the shaver.

“It’s Sanyo’s nickel-cadmium batteries.” The boatman went on to explain: “Sanyo is the world’s largest manufacturer of rechargeable batteries. In terms of nickel-cadmium batteries, even Motorola, Nokia and Ericsson in Europe use Sanyo batteries. It seems that Philips is also using Sanyo batteries.”

“Can you make this kind of battery?” Li Weidong asked immediately.

The boatman thought for a while and said, “The structure of the rechargeable battery is not complicated. The key is the material. If you use imported materials, you should be able to make it, but in that case, the price will be more expensive.”

“Can’t domestic materials work?” Li Weidong asked again.

Boatman shook his head: “The performance of domestic materials is not as good as that of imported materials. The performance of batteries made of domestic materials is not up to the standard. I think it cannot be used for products such as razors.

For example, nickel-cadmium batteries need to use nickel-plated sheets. Domestic nickel-plated sheets are easily corroded, which will cause the battery to quickly break down. The imported nickel-plated sheet is corrosion-resistant and has a much longer service life.

But the price of imported nickel-plated sheets is too high, and the price is 15 times different from that of domestic ones. That is to say, if imported nickel-plated sheets are used, the cost of raw materials for production will increase by 15 times!

Other materials are also facing the same problem, such as the cadmium and cobalt used in the negative electrode. The performance of domestic materials does not meet the requirements of international quality. If we want to make Sanyo nickel-cadmium batteries, we must use imported materials. ”

Li Weidong secretly said in his heart that if all imported materials are used, he would have to run all the way to find your boatman!

So Li Weidong smiled and said, “Mr. Wang, you are an expert in batteries. You should be studying the localization of nickel-cadmium battery materials, right?”

The boatman hesitated for a few seconds, and finally nodded: “Indeed, we are studying.”

“How is the research progress?” Li Weidong asked immediately.

“It’s okay!” Brother Boatman gave an ambiguous answer.

Li Weidong knows that research progress is a business secret, and the boatman doesn’t want to get it through.

So Li Weidong said, “Mr. Wang, if you can make a lot of progress this year, I can give you an order for 500,000 razor batteries.”

“Half million?” Brother Boatman was surprised.

The profit of rechargeable batteries is still very large. For example, the rechargeable batteries of Big Brother can make dozens of dollars per one.

The rechargeable battery of the razor will earn less, but even if one earns three yuan, 500,000 can earn 1.5 million. For a small company with more than 20 people like Bidi, it is already a huge income.

So the boatman nodded: “Okay, I will try my best to make great progress before the end of the year.”

“Fight?” Li Weidong smiled and shook his head: “Mr. Wang, this is not the answer I want.”

The boatman understood Li Weidong’s meaning, and he said, “Chairman Li, no one knows how to do scientific research. In particular, the research on materials requires relatively high requirements for experiments, possibly hundreds of experiments. , Can’t get the slightest progress.

Moreover, some experiments need to consume some imported raw materials, and the experiment cost will be relatively high. Before we do experiments, we also need to make careful calculations as much as possible to avoid waste of materials, which can also save experiment expenses. ”

“President Wang, are you short of money now?” Li Weidong asked immediately.

For this topic, Li Weidong is obviously more interested.

The boatman said with a smile; “Who is not short of money? Especially for our R&D companies, who spend money like money and don’t have much income yet, of course they will be short of money!”

Li Weidong immediately said: “Mr. Wang, if you want, I can invest for you.”

The boatman was stunned for a moment. The potential customer changed suddenly and suddenly became an investor. He really didn’t reflect it for a while.

After a few seconds, the boatman came back to his senses, and he confirmed: “Chairman Li, are you willing to invest in my company?”

Li Weidong nodded, and said solemnly: “My puppy appliances are small appliances. Small appliances use rechargeable batteries. This is also the future trend. So I need a stable and cheap rechargeable battery supplier.”

Li Weidong’s reason is very reasonable, and the boatman did not doubt it.

If someone comes to invest, Brother Boatman will certainly not refuse. He immediately replied: “If Chairman Li is willing to invest in us, I definitely can’t ask for it!”

The current Bidi company is still in the stage of product research and development, and it burns money every day. If there is capital injection at this time, it will really be a waste of money.

The boatman then asked: “Chairman Li, I don’t know how you plan to invest?”

“How else to invest? In terms of battery technology, I don’t understand, so I can only give you money!” Li Weidong smiled, stretched out five fingers, and then said: “I plan to invest the money first, Mr. Wang, you can Don’t be too small!”

“Five hundred thousand? A lot, a lot!” The boatman nodded quickly.

Li Weidong shook his head: “Not half a million, but five million!”

“Five million!” Brother Boatman was surprised again.

The assets of the entire bidi technology company add up to less than five million!

Li Weidong went on to say; “Mr. Wang, I have not finished speaking yet. I will vote for you 5 million. In addition to the shares, there are also additional conditions.”

“Sure enough, there are other conditions!” The boatman said in his heart. He felt that Li Weidong’s additional conditions would certainly not be low, and he might even swallow his bidi company!

However, for the 5 million investment, Brother Boatman still asked: “Chairman Li, what are the conditions? Just talk about it!”

“In the future, you will give me priority to supply all the products produced by your bidi company!” Li Weidong said.

“No problem!” The boatman replied without hesitation.

For the current boatman, he is very happy to be able to sell the product, how can he consider whom to sell first and then to whom!

Li Weidong went on to say; “The priority supply right I am talking about refers to all enterprises, including your bidi company.”

“What do you mean?” Brother Boatman asked subconsciously.

“For example, if I need a batch of razor batteries, after you produce them, you must sell them to me first. You can’t sell them to others until my needs are met. Even if you bidi company use this batch yourself. The battery must be supplied to me first, and the rest is your turn to use!” Li Weidong explained.

“No problem, anyway, Bidi does not produce razors!” The boatman replied with a smile.

Li Weidong also smiled, and secretly said in his heart, you are the least serious company in China! Not to mention the razor, you dare to touch the Glock pistol, there is nothing in this world that you can’t manufacture!

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