Chapter 108 Occupy the User's Mind
Before making a decision, the board of directors will review it. One of the shareholders behind Guangjia Technology is Guotou, and Guotou will synchronize the news to relevant parties.

If it were a few years ago, Chen Yuanguang’s decision would definitely have been stopped, or at least he would have been asked to reconsider it.

But as America's intentions become clearer and clearer, China does not mind testing the waters through similar incidents.

This time, the relevant departments found Chen Yuanguang and wanted to have a chat with him to see what he thought.

In order to keep up with Chen Yuanguang's thinking, they also specially found a technical bureaucrat - Lao Zhao.

Old Wu, who had dealt with Chen Yuanguang before, was also there. As Chen Yuanguang's value grew, their attitude became more and more polite.

"Dr. Chen, we have no doubts about your strategic judgment. This is an internal decision of Light Armor Technology. You just need to bear the consequences of the decision.

Because America may take more extreme measures in the future, you need to make adequate plans.

Fortunately, we have gained sufficient experience in struggle in the past few years, and basically we have a plan B for any measures that the White House may take.

If you have any difficulties, you can always come to Lao Wu. For domestic high-quality companies like Guangjia Aerospace and Guangjia Technology, we will do everything we can to help you overcome the difficulties. "

Old Zhao, wearing gold-rimmed glasses, gives people a gentle and refined feeling. His almost constant speaking speed, smooth tone, and expression without personal emotion make Chen Yuanguang feel that the other person is an AI.

Chen Yuanguang thought: It seems that Mr. Zhao is Lao Wu's boss, and his rank is even higher.

"Okay, if I run into any trouble I will definitely bother Mr. Wu first."

Lao Zhao then asked: "Dr. Chen, you just mentioned that similar to photovoltaic manufacturers, we adopt the method of selling services.

There are two technical difficulties mentioned in it. Are you confident that you can overcome them?"

As a technocrat, Lao Zhao is more interested in this.

Chen Yuanguang didn't want to tell the truth: "Because this happened quite suddenly, I'm not sure I can make a piezoelectric crystal that meets the requirements."

Lao Zhao is well aware that any advancement in materials will have many applications. He was originally a researcher in the aviation field and also has some knowledge of radar.

Therefore, he had a great liking for Chen Yuanguang.

He knew very well that once the accuracy of piezoelectric crystals in converting electrical energy into mechanical energy was improved, it could be directly used in the aerospace field, and could also be used in the communications field.

Piezoelectric crystals can generate enormous amounts of energy over a wide range of areas.

So he is more concerned about this matter.

After hearing this, Lao Zhao was not too surprised, "Piezoelectric crystals are indeed difficult to optimize, because of its wide range of applications, so there should be more companies working in this field.

It has been optimized to a relatively mature stage, and it is difficult to make any breakthroughs at this stage.

This direction can be tried, but don’t have too high expectations and invest too much manpower and material resources into it.”

Chen Yuanguang looked at the other party in surprise, then changed the subject: "I am very confident about the encrypted transmission."

Lao Zhao nodded and said: "My suggestion is that if this path can be successful, the manufacturing of the key raw material piezoelectric crystal should also be in our own hands, and the patents for this part should not be made public.

Because once your entire ultrasonic converter is made public and the outside world knows how to make it, your only trade secret is this signal.

Once the encrypted ciphertext is deciphered, no one will come to you to buy any services.

Piezoelectric crystals and encrypted transmission together will make walking on two legs more stable.

At least the application range of piezoelectric crystals is wide enough, and it can also bring enough benefits to Light Armor Technology."

Before Chen Yuanguang could speak, Lao Zhao continued, "Because piezoelectric crystals have a wide range of applications, they also involve sensitive fields such as radar, communications, and aerospace.

I would not recommend you to publish your patent.”

After listening to this, Chen Yuanguang nodded: "Okay, I understand."

Old Zhao realized that Chen Yuanguang was still too young. While he had great scientific research capabilities, he lacked a sense of technical sensitivity.

The consideration is not comprehensive enough.

What Old Zhao didn't know was that Chen Yuanguang was confident enough in his cryptography that he didn't think anyone in this era could decipher his secret key.

"Dr. Chen, we are very optimistic about you. In the past two years, Light Armor Aerospace and Light Armor Technology have achieved outstanding results.

If you need any help, we will do our best to help you solve the problem. "

From China's perspective, it is no exaggeration to describe Chen Yuanguang as a national treasure.

The combination of perovskite batteries and new energy vehicles can perfectly solve the problem of range anxiety, especially in places with sufficient sunlight such as Southeast Asia, Latin America, Africa, and Australia.

Chery, the best-selling automobile brand in export in the past two years, has already taken new energy vehicles equipped with a new generation of solar cells to Southeast Asia and Latin America for testing.

The test results are quite amazing. If we calculate the average value, a new energy vehicle with a range of 600 kilometers can run 1000 kilometers with the support of perovskite batteries.

If it is left outdoors for 24 hours, the battery life can be slightly increased.

This means that new energy vehicles can truly shake the position of fuel vehicles in these areas, and China's electric vehicles will be more powerful when going overseas.

Tesla, the only company that has a chance to compete with domestic electric cars, is unable to cooperate with Guangjia Aerospace due to Washington's manipulation, which is tantamount to cutting off one's own arm.

For China, the export of new energy can help them bring in the most valuable foreign exchange reserves, while at the same time hitting the automobile industries of traditional automobile powers such as Japan, America, and Germany, killing two birds with one stone.

In recent years, the major countries have been competing to see who can hold their breath longer and who can endure longer. America is experiencing inflation and China is experiencing economic depression. Whoever has an additional source of income at this time will have a greater chance of winning the breath-holding competition.

Human hibernation can also bring in foreign exchange, but because it has not yet officially entered the market, its effect in driving employment is far less than that of the automotive industry.

This is just the economic benefit brought by Chen Yuanguang, it also has a huge positive effect on the confidence of the government.

It's rare to see top billionaires who don't immigrate, whose companies are listed in the country, and who have no negative news. Their life goals sound admirable.

Due to various factors, China has very high expectations for Chen Yuanguang and gives him a very high degree of freedom.

I was chatting with Lao Zhao in the government building. There was nothing on the table except tea, not even any snacks.

In the evening, I met Lei Jun at the famous Shenhai Cantonese restaurant in the Roosevelt Mansion on Shandong Road in HP District.

Taking into consideration that Chen Yuanguang is from Guangdong Province, Lei Jun specially selected Cantonese cuisine from a Cantonese restaurant that specializes in traditional cooking methods.

"Brother, come and sit down. This time we can finally vent our anger on our Chinese enterprises. We have been suffering from the Americans for a long time."

Lei Jun stood up to greet him. When Chen Yuanguang was a netizen, he would follow suit and mock him by saying things like "senior brother is a comprador" or "Lenovo of the mobile phone industry".

If it were his student days, he would have thought Lei Jun was joking. As a core partner of Qualcomm, with a large number of suppliers being American companies, why would Lei Jun suffer so much? Now that he has accumulated a lot of practical and theoretical knowledge about entrepreneurship, Chen Yuanguang understands what Lei Jun suffers from. He suffers not from America but from the huge uncertainty.

Even a company like Xiaomi was included in the ** list at the beginning of 2021. Although Xiaomi later sued in a Colombian court and removed itself from the list, it still reflects huge uncertainty.

As long as you are a Chinese company, you may be targeted by them.

What is painful is this huge uncertainty.

After Chen Yuanguang shook hands with Lei Jun, he said, “Brother, I just can’t stand others treating me like this.

The rocket has just been launched and perovskite has not yet been shipped in large quantities, so it may not have much impact on America's shale gas business.

OPEC didn't even speak out, but Dubai and Longi Green Energy signed a $20 billion order for a new generation of solar cells, and it was America that spoke out first and gave me the crap.

I can't bear it. I don't have such high ambitions. I'm just young and hot-tempered."

Lei Jun flattered him. What Chen Yuanguang feared most was that the old fox would give you a trick, put you on the pedestal, and then make demands that you could not refuse.

Chen Yuanguang used a method of self-defilement.

"No, no, no. A gentleman is judged by deeds, not by intentions. After Light Armor Technology announced the termination of cooperation and its decision not to enter the American market, this is the first time that we have received so much news in the Luojia group. Everyone is very excited.

They all expressed their admiration for being able to openly fight against the Americans."

Chen Yuanguang was also in the group, which was full of alumni of Jiangcheng University who had social status. After Lei Jun came out in the group that day, everyone @ him.

He knew very well that there must be some people in this group who thought he was too hasty or supported America. China has never lacked such people. It was just because Lei Jun set the tone in advance that those who came out later would not fail to give face to Lei Jun and him.

“Haha, this can’t even be considered as fighting against the Americans, at best it’s a breakdown in the cooperative relationship.

I didn't think carefully when I made this decision, and I ended up following my intuition.

Lin Jia was very dissatisfied with my decision, thinking that I was too hasty and cared more about appearance than substance. ” Chen Yuanguang explained.

The two of them had a meal together alone, and Lin Jia did not come along.

Lei Jun smiled and said: “I have been an entrepreneur for so long, and there is no perfect decision. Every decision has its pros and cons.

When you make a decision, there are one, two, three, four, five, or even more options in front of you. After you make the decision, all you need to think about is how to do the best with this decision, and you don’t need to think about anything else.

Now that I see the fierce competition in the domestic new energy vehicle industry, I sometimes wonder if it would be better if Xiaomi didn’t make cars, but I always give up the idea.

It is better to think about how to build a good car than to think about this.”

If there is an Earth Online, Xiaomi's car manufacturing should also be a legendary task, mainly because the tone was very high from the beginning, such as the last entrepreneurial venture in life. Lei Jun himself is a legendary figure.

It feels like he has put all his life chips on the table.

Therefore, Chen Yuanguang was very curious. He drank a sip of the ripe Pu'er on the table and asked, "Yes, it has been three years since Xiaomi announced that it would build cars.

How is the situation now?

Lei Jun was just waiting for you to throw this out: "The progress has been moving forward according to our plan.

Because of the maturity of perovskite battery technology, we have many new ideas.

We plan to add a fully-equipped Pro version to the original versions, equip the entire car with HJT batteries, and then make a car with a completely new concept.

Although it is a concept car, it is a concept car that will be sold in large quantities.”

Lei Jun answered so quickly that Chen Yuanguang knew that he was deliberately changing the subject, but he didn't care. He just went along with what he said:

"What concept?"

Lei Jun explained the concept of the vehicle-wide constant temperature system to Chen Yuanguang.

Chen Yuanguang's eyes lit up when he heard this. He had been driving for many years and had even driven the Tesla that Musk gave him. He knew very well that this function would definitely be a plus for the target customer group.

Chen Yuanguang estimated that the highest-end pro version of Xiaomi Auto would cost at least RMB 300,000. People who can afford a car worth RMB 300,000 have high demands for personal experience, and this design point of Xiaomi Auto can really hit the psychological expectations of these people.

"It's a very good idea, because Guangjia Aerospace is the technology licensee, and I have learned how other car companies do it, such as BYD, Chery, Xiaopeng, and Ideal. They all use HJT batteries more as energy replenishment functions.

Increasing the battery life of electric vehicles is something you only think of as a functional optimization.”

Chen Yuanguang felt that Lei Jun was indeed working hard on building the car until he showed him a photo of the prototype car.

He looked at the appearance and thought, isn't this the Porsche that I often see in the underground garage of the community?

"It's pretty cool." Chen Yuanguang said against his will.

Lei Jun said: "Yes, this is what we asked a BMW designer to do as chief designer.

The only drawback is that it looks a bit like a Porsche, but this is exactly what we want, so that users can buy a Porsche with better handling than a Porsche for a price of three or five hundred thousand.”

Chen Yuanguang was speechless. I guess you guys really think so. Isn’t three or five hundred thousand a bit of an overestimation of rice noodle consumption capacity?

He thought to himself, does Lei Jun think that after ten years of growth, Mi fans have become rich?

However, this is the other party's decision, and the prototype car has already come out, so it is unlikely to change it.

Anyway, it's just a meal. Chen Yuanguang said: "It's good. The target customer group is clear. It's the first Porsche for young people."

Lei Jun said: "What we want is to let consumers enjoy products of better quality than Porsche at less than half the price of Porsche."

Chen Yuanguang didn’t know whether this strategy would be successful. He had never made a To C product. He thought from another perspective: if he were a young person, would he spend three or five hundred thousand to buy Xiaomi?

It is not impossible, because appearance is only one of the factors. If the quality is really good and the car has a high-end feel, it can also be considered.

Chen Yuanguang said: "I think it depends on how to convey this concept to consumers after the product is launched and make them accept it. What should this be called?

Oh, to capture the minds of consumers.”

Lei Jun thought that his junior fellow apprentice was indeed a talent, knowing so much about an industry that he had never been involved in:

"Junior brother, you are absolutely right, so I think I need your help."

　You can guess whether it will cooperate with Xiaomi, and if so, in what way.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)