Chapter 793: Leitian Group's Early Explosion
Lu Yiming's words left Lu Ding somewhat confused.
"Burning other people's money? What do you mean?"
Lu Yiming didn't have time to explain to Lu Ding from the beginning, so he said, "I'll take a call first."
He pressed the answer button and said enthusiastically, "Hey, Mr. Zhou, how come you have time to call me today?"
Zhou Xinjun on the other end of the phone was determined to cling to Lu Yiming.
Even if Junzi Interactive Entertainment does not go public, there are still other companies, right? There is always the possibility of cooperation.
However, he never expected that after just one day, Lu Yiming, who had always been aloof from others, had a 180-degree change in his attitude. This made him feel a little uncomfortable. He was stunned for a long time before he said with great joy: "Mr. Lu, good morning. I want to ask you about cooperation. It doesn't have to be Junzi Interactive Entertainment. Mr. Lu, you have a big family and a big business..."
Lu Yiming had expected that these people would not give up, and hearing Zhou Xinjun say this was also within his expectations. He immediately said, "Mr. Zhou, I wonder if you are interested in electric supercars?"
“Electric supercar?”
When Zhou Xinjun heard these four words, his brows were wrinkled into the shape of the Chinese character “川”.
What new things is this richest man Lu trying out?
Weren't we talking about games yesterday? Why are we talking about electric supercars today?
You're taking such a big step, aren't you afraid of hurting yourself?
Lu Yiming seemed not to hear the surprise in Zhou Xinjun's tone, and said calmly: "Yes, if Mr. Zhou is interested, you can come to Baiyun City for a meeting."
Although it felt incredible and he had no interest in the domestic automobile industry, since it was Lu Yiming who said this, Zhou Xinjun still decided to go to Baiyun City to take a look.
After Lu Yiming finished the call, he said to Lu Ding, "Dad, someone will send the money over soon."
Lu Ding felt unbelievable: "Who is it?"
Lu Yiming said: "Jun Tao Investment."
After finishing the call with Lu Yiming, Zhou Xinjun immediately contacted Chai Zhengtao.
"Brother Tao."
Chai Zhengtao asked: "What's wrong?"
Zhou Xinjun said: "I just called Mr. Lu, the richest man, and he relented."
When Chai Zhengtao heard this, he was immediately surprised: "Really?"
Zhou Xinjun sighed and said, "It's true, but it's not the Junzi Interactive Entertainment we imagined."
"It's not Gentlemen's Mutual Entertainment? What is it?"
All they are thinking about is Junzi Interactive Entertainment. After all, if they push Junzi Interactive Entertainment to go public and acquire the original shares, they will definitely make a lot of money based on Junzi Interactive Entertainment's current performance.
As a result, isn’t it Junzi Interactive Entertainment now?
Zhou Xinjun said: "He said it was an electric supercar project, and if I was interested, I could go to Baiyun City for an interview."
"Electric supercar..."
Chai Zhengtao was speechless.
"Given the current domestic auto market and manufacturing level, Mr. Lu wants to make an electric supercar? Is this because he has too much money and has nowhere to spend it?"
Zhou Xinjun said with some distress: "I thought so too. But you know Lu Yiming, he never does things without a purpose. Many of his seemingly fantastic ideas have been realized by him. What if he is serious about this?"
“It’s a real problem.”
Although everyone knew that Lu Yiming's idea was too unconventional, no one dared to neglect or despise him. Anyone who did so eventually paid a very painful price.
The decision-making power now lies in Juntao Investment.
Is it a great opportunity or a sinkhole?
"Brother Tao, do you think we should go or not?"
Chai Zhengtao thought for a moment and said, "Let's go and have a look first. We can decide whether to invest or not after we have finished watching. There is no need to guess blindly here."
"Um."
A few days later, Chai Zhengtao and Zhou Xinjun set off for Baiyun City.
What they didn't expect was that when they got off the plane, Lu Yiming had already arranged a car to wait for them at the airport, which greatly increased their favorable impression of Lu Yiming.
People outside say that Lu Yiming is unkind and cunning, but now it seems that is not the case at all.
Soon, they arrived at Baiyun Dianguang Automobile Co., Ltd. in Lu Yiming's Audi.
Looking at the ten-story corporate headquarters and the vast company in front of them, both Chai Zhengtao and Zhou Xinjun felt quite shocked.
They thought that Lu Yiming's electric supercar was just a slogan, but they didn't expect it to have grown to such a large scale!
Lu Yiming and Lu Ding came out to greet Chai Zhengtao and Zhou Xinjun.
Facing the two people who were eagerly rushing over to give him money, Lu Yiming was very polite and took the initiative to introduce them, saying, "This is my father, the founder of Dian Guang Automobile and the major shareholder of the company. I am considered a small shareholder."
Chai Zhengtao and Zhou Xinjun looked at each other and saw joy in each other's eyes.
They never expected that this electric car was also Lu Yiming's "family business".
After all, Junzi Interactive Entertainment was acquired by Lu Yiming, but Dianguang Automobile was directly started by his own father, who invested in it himself. Isn't this relationship more powerful than Junzi Interactive Entertainment? If he can get a share of Dianguang Automobile, then he will definitely be able to hold on to the golden thigh of Lu Yiming, the richest man in Asia.
Zhou Xinjun went straight to the point and said, "Hello, Mr. Lu. I am Zhou Xinjun from Juntao Investment. His name is Chai Zhengtao. We are very interested in your electric supercar. I wonder if you two can take us to have a look?"
"Of course no problem, please follow me."
Lu Ding was very happy. After all, Guangdian Automobile had only burned Lu Yiming's money before, which made him feel a little uncomfortable. Now that someone from outside gave him money to burn, how could he not be happy?
The group entered the company, and Lu Yiming pointed at the company's major achievements on the wall of honor and began to brag to the two of them.
After all, he is someone who has experienced the boom years of electric vehicles, so when he brags, it is so genuine and his main point is reality.
Chai Zhengtao found it hard to believe: "Mr. Lu, are you saying that within 20 years, our country will become the world's leading producer and seller of electric vehicles? Dominating the world's electric vehicle landscape? No way?"
"Mr. Lu, our country's automobile industry is not non-existent, but it is better than nothing. You tell me that it will dominate the world in 20 years? This..."
Zhou Xinjun didn't say anything else.
Although it is normal for companies to make big promises when facing capital, your exaggeration is too unreliable.
This is like telling me that a newborn baby will grow wings and fly tomorrow?
Anyone who believes it is an idiot.
This is not the way you draw a pie in the sky.
Lu Yiming smiled and said, "You don't know this, right? The great scientist Qian Xuesen said in a letter as early as 1992 : 'Although China's annual automobile production is not high now, only more than 60,000 vehicles, it is likely to reach 10 million vehicles in the 20s and 30s of the next century. At that time, protecting the environment will become very important. For this reason, it is recommended that the focus of future automobile development be placed on the development of new energy electric vehicles. At present, the United States, Japan and Western Europe have all begun to study batteries for electric vehicles. We should not wait any longer and strive to catch up.'"
"Later, in the reply letter Qian Xuesen received, the authorities had already made up their minds and affirmed the necessity and feasibility of skipping diesel and gasoline vehicles and developing new energy electric vehicles. Secondly, they responded to the two suggestions raised in Qian Xuesen's letter: first, they agreed to conduct further investigation and research on high-performance batteries; second, they formulated an electric vehicle development research plan and planned to invest 15 million yuan in electric vehicle research and development."
"In the field of fuel vehicles, Europe, the United States and Japan have been deeply involved for many years, and we can't catch up no matter what. We can only make efforts in new tracks and overtake them on the curve. "
"You see, as early as more than a decade ago, the country had already started to develop electric vehicles. And this is the will at the national level. Electric vehicles will definitely become mainstream in the future. If we don't make plans now and don't carry out relevant scientific and technological research and development, it will be difficult to get a share of the pie in the future."
"Manufacturing electric supercars is the most important step in establishing the company's brand. We will never make cheap, junk electric cars. We want to go the high-end route and grab the market share of Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Audi. We want to set industry standards, so we have to raise our profile."
Lu Yiming gave the two people a comprehensive analysis from the national level, the reality level, the technological level, and the brand level. The more they listened, the more it seemed to be true. In the end, they even felt that if they didn't get on board now, they might not be able to get on board in the future. They made up their minds immediately.
Chai Zhengtao said excitedly: "Mr. Lu is indeed a man of great insight. His words have enlightened me. We have invested in this project. I value Optoelectronics Automobile at 2 billion yuan. I will invest 500 million yuan and take 25% of the shares. How do you think?"
It must be said that the valuation given by Chai Zhengtao was still very accurate. Although it was not very high, it was definitely not low. After all, 2 billion in this year is not the same as 2 billion in 20 years. The fact that he was given this valuation showed that he was indeed fooled by Lu Yiming.
Lu Yiming was actually quite satisfied with this result. He was not afraid that these people would not get on board. As long as they got on board, they would be thinking too much if they wanted to sit back and enjoy the fruits of their labor and make money from dividends with just 500 million yuan.
Lu Ding felt unbelievable.
Just by talking for a few words, these two people invested 500 million in Dian Guang Automobile?
Did they get this money from the wind?
In Lu Ding's life, when he opened the factory, he didn't have more than 10 million yuan at the most. Hundreds of millions of yuan only happened when Lu Yiming invested in Dian Guang Automobile. But now, Dian Guang Automobile is inexplicably worth 2 billion yuan.
This is 2 billion. In this era when 99% of the people in the country cannot even come up with 200,000, how can this be considered?
At that moment, the two parties signed the agreement, had a delicious meal, and then left.
Until this moment, Lu Ding still felt unbelievable: "You said someone gave me money to burn, is this what you mean? They asked for 500 million right away, are they stupid? What if I spend all the 500 million and the company still doesn't make any money, then they will get nothing?"
Lu Yiming smiled and said, "The capital market is all about a stimulus. Maybe in ten years, the market value of Dianguang Automobile will be more than 100 billion."
Lu Ding said: "One hundred billion? That's too exaggerated. I don't even dare to think about it."
"Dad, you still have to have dreams. What if they come true?"
Today's electric cars are still in their infancy. If they want to be successful or even become a big hit, they still have a long way to go.
Lu Yiming has always been very stingy when giving out shares. The reason why he was so generous this time was because the automotive industry is purely a money-burning business.
Juntao Investment seems to have obtained 25% of the shares, but if they want to keep these shares and make money, they must continue to invest money until they produce results.
Otherwise, there are plenty of ways to reduce the share price.
After returning to the company, Lu Ding, who had received 500 million yuan, was full of energy. He took Lu Yiming to start formulating the company's subsequent development plan.
As they were chatting, Lu Yiming's cell phone on the table rang.
He took the phone and saw it was an unfamiliar number, so he didn't answer it.
After a while, the number called again, and Lu Yiming pressed the answer button.
"Hello?"
On the other end of the phone, a hurried voice said loudly: "Mr. Lu, something happened, something serious happened!"
Lu Yiming felt that the voice sounded familiar, but he couldn't remember who it was for a moment, so he asked, "Who are you?"
The other person said, "Mr. Lu, I'm Tian An from Leitian Power Technology Company."
Lu Yiming then remembered that Lu Ding seemed to have invested in such a company a few years ago, so he asked, "What's wrong? What happened?"
After Tian An's explanation, Lu Yiming finally understood what had happened to this company that he had almost forgotten.
To be precise, something went wrong with Zhong Leitian, the founder of Leitian Power Supply. For some reason, this guy went to donate 10 million U.S. dollars to the University of California, USA.
You say you want to donate, so just donate. But after this guy donated money in a high-profile manner abroad, when he was interviewed by domestic foreign journalists, he openly said that he would never donate a penny to domestic universities.
This directly aroused public anger.
These days, there are countless donations to foreign universities, and everyone knows the purpose. People usually turn a blind eye to it, because ordinary people can't know about it anyway.
You donated money and publicized it in a high-profile manner. Aren't you asking for criticism? There are so many people in China who can't even afford to eat right now, and you're donating money to foreign universities? This is unacceptable to the most simple emotions of the people.
You told me it was a business layout, but I just wanted to get rid of Lei Lou.
Even if you take a step back, it's fine if you've done this, at most they'll just scold you for a while, nothing else. But when you return to China, you still say you won't donate a penny to domestic universities, aren't you asking for trouble?
Not to mention the common people, even the relevant authorities will give you a beating due to public outrage and call you an idiot.
Not only Zhong Leitian, but now the entire Leitian Group has been pushed to the forefront of public opinion.
Lu Yiming was a bit confused after hearing this. Wasn't this stupid thing supposed to happen in 2011? Why did it happen five or six years earlier?
This is unscientific.
Could it be that this guy saw that other battery companies were making faster progress and started to get anxious, so he brought forward all the plans?
This is not impossible, after all, Lu Yiming has developed graphene.
Graphene battery is a killer weapon. Zhong Leitian must be very anxious.
Having said that, it was Lu Ding who bought the shares of Lei Tian Power Supply, so why did Tian An call Lu Yiming?
Of course, it was because Lu Yiming used a little trick.
He asked in a low voice: "How are you finding the things I asked you to find?"
It turned out that Zhong Leitian refused to sell his shares to Lu Yiming, nor did he allow Lu Ding to increase his holdings. He even turned around and licked the white skins, which made Lu Yiming feel very unhappy. In addition, he made a stupid mistake in 2011, so he arranged an undercover like Tian An to be by Zhong Leitian's side a few years ago to continuously collect negative information about Zhong Leitian.
Unexpectedly, this guy made a stupid mistake a few years in advance.
It's really frustrating.
Tian An's face changed slightly when he heard this, and he whispered, "I have done it completely according to your instructions, Mr. Lu."
Speaking of this, Tian An actually felt fear towards Lu Yiming. A few years ago, Lu Yiming asked him to collect all kinds of negative information about Zhong Leitian, as if he had expected something like this to happen.
Lu Xun said that Zhuge Liang in Romance of the Three Kingdoms was "so wise that he was almost a demon", and Zhong Leitian felt that Lu Yiming was similar.
Can this be calculated?
Are you from the future?
Pengcheng.
Thunder Sky Power Technology Co., Ltd.
Because Zhong Leitian caused such a big fuss, all shareholders have been demanding that a shareholders' meeting be held to discuss how to overcome this crisis.
At the meeting, a middle-aged man wearing black-rimmed glasses suggested, "Mr. Zhong, I think we should take out some money and donate some to domestic universities to calm down public opinion first."
After all, having offended so many people in this land of Xia Country, how can I carry out my future work?
The young man's name is Li Hong and he is thirty-four years old.
He graduated from the Department of Chemistry, Lanzhou University, majoring in physical chemistry in 1992, received a master's degree from the Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1995, and a doctorate from the Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1999.
In 1997, he proposed the world's first high-capacity nano-Si negative electrode material, and undertook the Ministry of Science and Technology's key R&D plan for new energy vehicles, a pilot long-range power battery project, and the National Natural Science Foundation of China's key solid-state battery project. He is a true technology giant.
In the face of Li Hong's suggestion, Zhong Leitian sneered and said very unhappily: "I can donate my money to whoever I want, who cares?"
Li Hong was also a little unhappy, and said in a deep voice: "Mr. Zhong, you have to consider the adverse impact of public opinion on the company. Now our batteries are mainly sold to domestic companies, and the company's development also relies on various domestic policy support and financial subsidies. As a result, you went to donate to foreign universities. Isn't this inappropriate?"
Zhong Leitian felt that his authority was challenged, and immediately yelled at Li Hong: "When did it become your turn to criticize the Leitian Group?"
