Chapter 664: 6.73 billion US dollars! If they can’t control Deep Blue Technology, can they control Yamada?

Up to 10%?

In other words, as long as you sign a US$1 billion contract to purchase the second-generation Deep Blue battery, you can get a supply price of US$320 per kilowatt-hour?

Musk raised the corner of his mouth and a bright smile appeared on his face.

For him, a $1 billion contract is not a big deal at all.

You should know that Tesla's global sales in the first half of the year reached 41,000 vehicles, and its revenue reached 6.15 billion US dollars.

The cost of Deep Blue batteries accounts for 40% of the vehicle's total price.

Now that the supply price has been reduced by 20%, the selling price of a Model S LR can be reduced by at least US$10,000, which will undoubtedly greatly help increase sales.

In addition, the company's gross profit margin will also increase accordingly.

Herbert, BMW's general manager of purchasing, frowned.

The company's only mass-produced pure electric model in 2014 was the BMW i3, which sold only 11,000 units in the first half of the year. Even if the motorcycle business is included, it is difficult to consume US$1 billion worth of power batteries in a year.

Unless BMW chooses to develop new models and invest more money and resources in the field of new energy vehicles.

But Herbert thought again, no matter how hard BMW tried in this field, the profits it earned would be far less than that of Deep Blue Technology.

These car brands have become Chen Yansen's "employees".

Thinking of this, Herbert subconsciously glanced at Musk not far away and couldn't help cursing in his heart.

If BMW does not make electric cars, Tesla will come to seize the market share of fuel vehicles.

Otherwise, you have to work for DeepBlue Technology.

People are caught in the gap and are in a dilemma!

Representatives from BAIC, SAIC, Great Wall, BYD and JAC also vaguely noticed this situation.

However, fortunately, with the subsidies from above to back them up, Deep Blue Technology makes a lot of money, and they also make a lot of money.

At worst, low-end models can use traditional lithium batteries and mid-to-high-end models can use deep blue batteries. This will not only control costs but also will not affect the competitiveness of mid-to-high-end products.

Sun Rongzhen from Shanxing and Ge Yue from Apple looked calm.

With the global shipments of smartphones and laptops, the two companies naturally do not take the US$1 billion procurement contract seriously.

Therefore, compared with the purchase amount, they are actually more concerned about the pricing standard of the second-generation deep blue battery.

"To thank you for your support of DeepBlue Technology, we can offer a preferential price of US$480 per kilowatt-hour to those who sign a contract on site today.

After today, the price will return to its original price of 500 US dollars."

Ma Zhiao slowly turned his body, glanced at everyone present, and announced the news in a calm tone.

But his expression revealed an attitude of "I'm giving you a huge advantage."

"480 US dollars? Compared with its performance, the price is not too expensive." Musk thought to himself.

After all, Panasonic's previous junk, the 18650 lithium battery with an energy density of only 160 watt-hours per kilogram, was priced at US$250.

Generally speaking, if a battery with low energy density wants to achieve longer battery life, it can only rely on increasing the size and capacity of the battery pack.

But the larger the battery pack, the heavier it is.

However, excessive load will seriously "drag down" the vehicle's dynamic performance, such as reduced acceleration ability, weakened braking performance, and poor handling stability.

In addition, the extra weight will offset some of the endurance gains, and even fall into a vicious cycle of "the heavier the car, the more power it consumes, and the more power it consumes, the more battery capacity needs to be expanded."

Considering the various disadvantages of low-energy-density batteries, such products obviously do not meet the long-term development requirements of pure electric vehicles.

Ma Zhiao paused, and after the discussion on the scene subsided, he continued to introduce the details of the second-generation deep blue battery to everyone.

From strict product quality standards, to long-term cooperation mechanisms to safeguard the rights and interests of both parties, to efficient supply and delivery processes, and clear and transparent settlement methods, all are explained one by one.

Faced with the high price of US$480 per kilowatt-hour, most buyers did not back down. After all, they bought a lot and could buy the first generation of Deep Blue batteries at a 20% discount.

The price of US$320 per kilowatt-hour was not expensive in 2014.

Of course, there is still a big gap compared to the price of around 100 US dollars ten years later.

Chen Yansen’s idea is to implement tiered sales for lithium-sulfur batteries with different energy densities, using low-end production lines to cultivate the market and expand the user base, while high-end production lines are used to make money.

Otherwise, prices that are too high are not conducive to sales growth.

Taking a 50 kWh battery pack as an example, if Deep Blue batteries are used, calculated at US$320 per kWh, the battery cost alone would be US$16,000, and the entire vehicle would be priced at at least US$40,000, but the corresponding range is only 350 kilometers at most.

If you want to achieve a range of more than 500 kilometers, the investment cost in the battery pack must not be less than 24,000 US dollars.

In this case, the price of the entire vehicle will have to exceed 60,000 US dollars!

But in the automotive industry, if you want to achieve higher sales, it is best to keep the price below 200,000 yuan.

In fact, if Chen Yansen only wanted to make money, he would have no need to lower the price.

But what he really needs are employees and the flame of humanity, and the key is to create more jobs.

As for making money?

It has never been Mr. Chen’s primary consideration.

Because in his sophomore year, he had more than 10 billion in cash in his bank account.

Wang Chuanfu, who was sitting in the audience, secretly looked at Chen Yansen, and couldn't help feeling a strong sense of envy and jealousy in his heart.

In his opinion, DeepBlue Technology is undoubtedly a money printing machine that runs all year round, and a hen that lays golden eggs continuously.

It is said that DeepBlue Technology's revenue in 2013 exceeded 110 billion yuan, and its profit was at least half.

Those companies in Southeast Asia that engage in telecom fraud and sell white flour don't have such astonishing profits.

In contrast, the little money BYD earns from doing OEM for DeepBlue Technology is no different from labor fees.

But he also knew in his heart that it was good enough to earn the OEM fee.

Take Desay Battery, which was at its peak in the past two years, as an example. Since Deep Blue Battery was launched on the market, 99% of its customers have left. In the end, it could not hold on any longer and had no choice but to sell itself and was acquired by Deep Blue Technology.

The employees and equipment remained the same, but the boss behind the scenes was replaced by Chen Yansen.

This procurement negotiation meeting was extremely brief, and Ma Zhiao finished his presentation in less than forty minutes.

Next, we enter the stage of signing the purchase contract!

Musk took the lead in expressing his opinion and signed a purchase contract worth 2 billion US dollars without hesitation.

It is obvious that after the production line of the Fremont factory was debugged, Tesla has stronger delivery capabilities and is more confident.

Huawei, Apple and Sanxing followed closely and signed contracts decisively.

It’s impossible that other mobile phone brands are using the second-generation Deep Blue battery while their flagship models are still using the first-generation product, right?

How can consumers accept such a configuration gap?

Medical device companies such as Siemens, Hamilton, and Medtronic, which attended the Deep Blue Technology Procurement Conference for the first time, purchased Deep Blue batteries worth US$500 million to US$1 billion on the spot, planning to use them in equipment such as transport ventilators, extracorporeal membrane oxygenators, and portable monitors.

Compared with medical devices that cost millions or tens of millions, the price of Deep Blue batteries is not expensive at all.

They were busy until noon, and at Chen Yansen's invitation, everyone took a car to a nearby hotel for dinner.

After all, these people have spent at least hundreds of millions of US dollars in real money, so treating them to a meal is a normal way of entertaining guests.

When Chen Yansen passed by the company gate, he deliberately used his spiritual sense to look out the window.

Yuki Yamada and his assistant had left long ago.

The cement floor in Shenzhen in August is no different from a teppanyaki grill. You just kneel down when the other party tells you to. It's quite resistant to heat.

Chen Yansen smiled lightly, took out his cell phone, made a call, and then gave a few instructions.

Panasonic was being suppressed badly, and he was worried that the other party would become desperate and secretly cause trouble for him.

In order to prevent any problems before they occur, he simply asked Fengxuan's security personnel to be more vigilant and comprehensively strengthen the defense work in the company and its surroundings.

at the same time.

In an office at the Central Headquarters, Yuan Ruili was looking down at the output value summary of Senlian Capital in the Shenzhen area.

The number of insured people is 113,000, and the total revenue is 194.72 billion yuan.

DeepBlue Technology alone contributed 110 billion in revenue, not only providing more than 4,000 jobs, but also driving the development of raw material suppliers such as positive electrodes, diaphragms, and electrolytes, creating 12,000 new jobs.

"Knock knock!" There was a sudden knock on the door.

"Come in!" Yuan Rui responded.

A middle-aged man in formal attire, who looked like an assistant, walked in holding a stack of documents.

After he stood still, he first gently placed the document on Yuan Ruili's right hand, and then simultaneously reported: "Boss, Chen Yansen from Senlian Capital has come to Shenzhen."

"Oh?" Yuan Ruili raised his head after hearing this. After a few seconds of hesitation, he looked up and instructed his secretary, "Call Mr. Chen now and ask him to come to the Central Office for tea."

He is still willing to make friends with a powerful and influential entrepreneur like Chen Yansen.

In particular, Senlian Capital has money, technology, and connections with Yanjing.

"Okay, boss." The secretary agreed quickly.

The other side.

Chen Yansen had just finished dealing with the buyers and was about to return to the hotel when he received a call from the Central Office.

"Okay, Secretary Wang, please help me. I'll be there around three o'clock."

Chen Yansen readily agreed.

After all, Yuan Ruili is the biggest local tyrant in Shenzhen. The reason why projects such as the Orange Mobile Phone Factory, Deep Blue Battery and Kuaipao Canteen can be steadily advanced is that he has made a lot of efforts.

It is also very necessary to stop by for a cup of tea, pay your respects to the pier, and deepen the cooperative relationship.

Some relationships can be done without, but they cannot be absent.

At the same time.

The news that Deep Blue Technology held a procurement negotiation meeting and launched the second-generation Deep Blue battery quickly spread.

Moreover, among those who attended the negotiation meeting that day, someone secretly took a photo of Yuki Yamada kneeling at the gate of Deep Blue Technology and posted the photo on Douyin. The accompanying text simply mentioned "Panasonic executives bowed to Chen Yansen", which soon attracted a large number of netizens to watch.

"Is this true?"

"I like to kneel down at every turn in my daily life. I think it's true!"

"Photoshopped photos are so prevalent these days. It might be fake news. Let's wait and see."

"Why did Panasonic's executives kneel down to Brother Mori? Do they want to acknowledge Brother Mori as their godfather?"

"As a battery industry practitioner, I'd like to share a piece of hot news with you: Deep Blue Battery currently holds 70% of the global market share. Whether in the fields of consumer electronics, medical equipment, new energy vehicles, or energy storage, its technological strength and market dominance are at the 'godfather level'.

Because of this, if Panasonic loses the supply support of Deep Blue batteries, it will have no choice but to watch its competitiveness in multiple related industries gradually decline and fall into decline.

"Then the question is, did Panasonic get a share of the purchase?"

"If you ask me, give it a fuck! Have you forgotten what happened back then? How many companies in our country went to Xiaozizi to discuss business and suffered so much humiliation!"

"That's right! My former boss had to apologize and drink with the other company just because of a screen supply order. It makes me feel so upset just thinking about it!"

"Deep Blue Technology is amazing! The battery in my new car I bought this year is a Deep Blue Technology product. I haven't driven it for a month, and it still starts."

Netizens were discussing it at once.

Not long after, this photo was uploaded to Mimo and then discovered by netizens in the small-scale area.

"Xine! Who is this man? Doesn't he have any spine? He has brought disgrace upon the country!"

"Deep Blue Technology? I suggest everyone boycott this company."

"How abominable! This is an insult to us!"

A group of people cursed angrily, and many people suggested banning the purchase of Deep Blue Technology's products.

"Boycott? Don't shout slogans yet, first remove the batteries from your iPhones.

That’s right, the battery inside is from Deep Blue Technology!”

"Not only Apple, but also Sony's Xperia Z series phones use deep blue batteries!"

One particularly clear-headed netizen added: "Canon and Nikon recently released two new models, and the built-in batteries are also products of Deep Blue Technology. If you really want to boycott, I'm afraid you'll have to stop using all these devices first."

But netizens who live their daily lives don’t know that some of the power sources for their daily motorcycles, cars and computers also use Deep Blue batteries.

In other words, their lives have been eroded by deep blue batteries without them noticing.

resist?

Resist with your head!

Some netizens immediately stopped their activities after learning that Apple and Sony phones both used deep blue batteries.

Everyone knows how to choose between a smartphone with a 24-hour battery life and a phone that can only last for 8 hours.

Some words are just said and should not be taken seriously.

Immediately afterwards, someone revealed Yamada Yuki's identity.

Now, the angry netizens finally found an outlet to vent their anger. They turned their anger towards him and launched a fierce verbal and written attack on him.

If we can’t fix Deep Blue Technology, can we fix Yuki Yamada?

Panasonic was also affected by this incident and became the target of attacks by netizens.

This scene left Chinese netizens dumbfounded.

At 4:30 p.m., DeepBlue Technology officially announced the core parameters of the second-generation DeepBlue battery, which instantly ignited the entire Internet.

As soon as Chen Yansen walked out of the Central Office, he received a summary of orders from Ma Zhiao, totaling 6.73 billion US dollars.

(End of this chapter)