I Am the President of the University

"interesting."

Chen Hao placed the document in his hand lightly on the table, with a half-smile on his face.

In the past few days, through chatting with Cao Lihao and investigating the Ningde era, I have basically mastered some information.

The earliest company founded by Zeng Yu, chairman of CATL, is called New Energy Technology Co., Ltd., referred to as "ATL". The company is located on Hong Kong Island.

Mainly engaged in polymer soft pack batteries. In 2001, ATL entered Apple's supply chain and gradually became the largest battery supplier for iPhone, establishing its position as the leader in consumer batteries.

ATL appears to be a Chinese company, but from a capital perspective, it is actually a Chinese company 100% controlled by Japan. ATL’s major shareholder is TDK, a Japanese manufacturer of electronic raw materials and components, which is the parent company of Xinke.

At the end of 2011, because the policy required that wholly foreign-owned companies cannot produce power batteries, Zeng Yu, then president of ATL, saw the business opportunities and independently developed vehicle power batteries as an emerging business, and officially established CATL.

Until October 2015, Japan's TDK held 15% of CATL's shares. This share was liquidated later and became a completely Chinese-funded enterprise.

Just like "Kung Fu Panda" and "Mulan" were filmed by Hollywood in the United States, Luhua and Arowana are also behind the four major grain merchants in the United States, and Chinese toothpaste is produced by Unilever.

In the Ningde era, if it weren't for policy reasons and the scrutiny of the National Development and Reform Commission, it would be hard to say whether the surname would be Zhong or Ri.

Standing by the window of the office, open the window and let the cold wind roar in from outside.

"I don't like capital." Chen Hao sighed, with a complicated face.

Ningde Times was listed in 2018 and then rose by the daily limit for 8 consecutive days. Its total market value reached 153.2 billion yuan, ranking first on the GEM, far surpassing BYD (125.822 billion yuan), the leader of new energy vehicles, and creating the listing myth of a power battery company.

In 2020, riding on the wave of smart electric vehicles with Tesla, battery supplier CATL’s stock price has soared.

It increased 3.5 times throughout the year!

Especially at the close of trading on the 7th of last month, CATL's market value exceeded 980 billion yuan, ranking second among all listed companies on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, second only to Wuliangye.

And how did the other party do it?

CATL can have today's market value because of its own technology, but the most important thing is the capital game it plays.

Invest in your own suppliers, give them orders, and then benefit from equity appreciation.

Some suppliers can even be supported by it to go public, such as Putelai, which manufactures negative electrode materials.

In September last year, CATL invested 19 billion yuan in upstream and downstream listed companies. The main purpose was to connect and control the supply chain, such as upstream minerals and downstream battery recycling business.

It is no exaggeration to say that this has even become one of the main ways to make profits in the CATL era.

"If you play with capital over the people, be careful and you will burn yourself with fire." Chen Hao had a sarcastic look on his face.

CATL and BYD are billed as the lights of domestic products in China, benchmarking against Huawei.

But in fact, the job reputation and corporate culture of these two companies are quite poor!

The exploitation of employees is also very severe. There are almost no good things to say about the employees who left CATL and BYD.

But job hunting and investment are two different things. The more aggressively you exploit and exploit employees, the more optimistic investors will be, because cost control is very good!

After all, there is only one Huawei in China, and there is only one Mr. Ren.

Huawei's corporate culture cannot be replicated by other companies.

CATL and BYD should not target Huawei, but Foxconn.

"This is just a bad era, but we must take the initiative!" Thinking of this, Chen Hao's eyes were extremely sharp.

Even if we don’t cooperate with CATL, there is no difference if we cooperate with other companies.

In this case, it is better to cooperate with CATL, after all, it is a leading domestic battery company.

However, if cooperation is reached, at least the initiative must be grasped.

and.

The corners of Chen Hao's mouth gradually raised, and he said calmly: "I'm afraid I will have to trouble Uncle Zhou by then."

But thinking about this matter reminded him of someone.

Moving his eyes upward, he saw the lush trees on campus.

Some buildings appear and disappear in the woods. Even if you look closely, you can only barely see their outlines.

Thinking about it, Chen Hao got up and left the office.

Two days after my parents came back, they couldn't stand the people from all walks of life visiting their home. Taking advantage of the fact that there was still a while before the Chinese New Year, they took Chen's mother and they went on a trip to spend their time together.

Chen Hao returned to being alone again.

The road to campus was sparsely populated, and I met few people along the way.

After all, there are not many students who apply to stay in school, and most of them are working during the winter vacation, so it is even harder to see them in school.

As for the researchers doing scientific research, they all stay in the laboratory during the day, and no one is running around outside.

Look up at the sky.

A few dark clouds slowly moved in the sky, and the blue sky was being eaten away by gray. \b

After the sun was blocked, it felt a bit bleak with the weather.

Ten minutes later.

Standing at the door of the Materials Research Institute.

Chen Hao glanced at the signs hanging by the door and strode in.

【Lithium Air Battery Technology Laboratory】

Walking in, the first thing you see is a few busy figures beside the experimental table.

"Professor Bunir." Chen Hao shouted.

I saw a tall, thin middle-aged man next to the experimental table looking back. When he saw the person coming, he hugged him excitedly.

"Oh, Professor Chen, it's so nice to see you!"

"Professor Bunir, your Chinese proficiency has improved so much that I can hardly hear the foreign accent anymore." Chen Hao gave a thumbs up. Professor Bunir just spoke in Chinese instead of English.

Foreigners like to call professors, that is, Dr. Chen. If you choose between professor and principal, the former is definitely more noble.

"It's not as difficult to learn as they say, right? Of course, it may be that my learning ability is too strong~" Professor Bunir shrugged and said playfully.

It could be seen that Professor Bunir was in good spirits. Chen Hao nodded casually. Before, he was worried that the other party would need some time to adapt before he could integrate.

"Of course! I very much agree with your point of view, Professor Bunir. After all, our Guanghua University recruits people at all levels." After some polite remarks, Chen Hao also stated the purpose of his visit.

"Professor, how is the lab going now? Have you encountered any trouble?"

Facing Chen Hao's inquiry, Professor Bunier smiled bitterly, "Everything is going smoothly. It's even more suitable to concentrate on scientific research than in the United States, but recruiting people is too troublesome."

"In addition, the Chinese Spring Festival is coming soon, and I have received a lot of resumes, but many of them said they would not be able to come for interviews until after the year..."

"There is nothing we can do about it. China's Spring Festival is equivalent to America's Christmas."

"I don't think anyone can refuse the request to spend time with their family on Christmas Day, right?" Chen Hao explained with a smile.

"Then I've been very close to each other during the two New Year celebrations." Professor Bunier smiled mischievously.

Chen Hao came here mainly to review the laboratory problems, and left after seeing everything.

In the end, Professor Bunir stepped lightly on the floor and couldn't help but ask.

"Professor Chen, I would like to ask why you chose to believe me in the first place?"

"The reason?"

Chen Hao was stunned for a moment, looked at Professor Bunir emphatically, and said slowly:

"Because I see in you, Professor, your determination and persistence in science!"

Of course this is false.

But Professor Bunir was particularly moved when he heard this, and he came forward and hugged Chen Hao hard.

"Dear Professor Chen, we will definitely succeed!"

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