There are neither mobile phones nor laptops, and it is equally unrealistic to use lithium batteries in electric cars.

The reason why Han Chudong is not too concerned about the lithium battery development project is mainly because it is difficult to find a market. Considering that after the patent application comes out, it becomes time-limited, and the loss is all money.

That's why he is not so concerned about it, and has no intention of publishing the lithium battery working principle technology he knows now. This is another goose that lays golden eggs. It is much more powerful than the original alkaline dry battery and energy gathering technology, and its value is countless times higher.

Hearing Dyson's complaint, Han Chudong smiled and replied: "I allow you not to care too much about this project for the time being, but we still need to recruit more talents in battery research and development. I have my own plans."

"That's what you said. So I don't have to worry about it. To be honest, we have no idea about the so-called high-performance lithium batteries."

"Let me see the trolley case first. I really want it. I've seen a similar product at the airport before, but it was too simple. Ours has universal wheels, right? The trolley can be folded up?" Han Chudong postponed his meeting with other executives and took time out to inspect this newly developed new product.

Dyson saw that Han Chudong had finished sliding left and right, and fumbled to put away the pull rod. He found that there was no need to answer the question, so he shrugged and said, "It's relatively simple. It took a day to complete the design, and then I drew a blueprint and asked people from other factories to help with the design. The plastic shell came from the Light Year Plastic Factory, and the wheels were removed from the dining car. There is still room for improvement."

"How much weight can it hold?"

"As long as it can be lifted, it should be fine even if it is filled with gold bars. If it is made of another material, such as cloth or leather, the anti-fall and anti-pressure performance can be enhanced. God knows why those people at the airport treat luggage so roughly."

Dyson took out a pen from his pocket and continued, "And this, a super-large ballpoint pen, almost four times the capacity of an ordinary ballpoint pen. Why did you want to invent this thing? I don't think many people would buy it. Stationery is not part of our company's business scope. Even if we produce it, we will probably lose money."

"I will find a professional stationery factory to help with the production. The significance of this is to make consumers feel that Baofeng Electric is cool. If we can make it so that even if they don't plan to buy home appliances, they will like to come to the store to take a look at these novel little things, we will be successful."

After Han Chudong finished speaking, Dyson continued, "Is that why you asked us to develop electric kettles, humidifiers, desk lamps, etc?"

Han Chudong shook his head. "No, those are for making money. I plan to build factories in South Korea and Japan, and then gradually enrich the home appliances I produce. It's not as profitable to work as a salesman for others as it is to produce and sell by myself. In the future, I may even acquire refrigerator manufacturers and TV manufacturers."

This idea is obviously a bit ahead of its time.

Under the premise that the performance of Baofeng Electric Company is growing steadily, he thinks he can try in this direction and work towards it as a long-term development goal.

However, there are now three home appliance manufacturers becoming shareholders, and they may not be happy to see the emergence of competitors. At present, Han Chudong only has such an idea and does not have the intention to realize it.

As mentioned earlier, with the change in perspective, Baofeng Electric has become a secondary business.

If one day Baofeng Electric Company becomes more valuable and he happens to need money to invest in more promising projects, he might immediately transfer his shares and enter a new market with huge long-term benefits.

The amount of profit is the first reference for him to make a decision. He has not paid too much attention to the development of Baofeng Electric this year. The little bit of sentiment he has is not enough to change Han Chudong's businessman's stance.

It is similar to Mango Toys and is classified as a secondary asset. The three industries that are currently of greatest importance are beauty, luxury goods, and IC. It is worth mentioning that with continued acquisitions of shares, Han Chudong's stake in Intel has increased to 37%. Recently, it has also been committed to promoting a financing plan for issuing new shares. If successfully implemented, the proportion of total share capital may reach 50% or even more than 60%.

Having become a major shareholder through stock speculation, it was indeed relatively easy for him to deal with this medium-sized enterprise with a total capital of no more than 100 million yuan.

Recently, it has set its sights on Texas Instruments, an IC giant with a current market value of more than 300 million US dollars. It maintains business dealings with IBM, HP and other companies. Its main businesses are electronic calculators, integrated circuits, microchips and microprocessors. It has already built a position with a total amount of 20 million US dollars through funds entrusted to Mason Private Equity Fund for management.

Together with Intel, he was treated as a long-term meal ticket and had no intention of actively interfering with their normal operations. He chose to pay close attention to various decisions, which were sorted out by the business secretary's office and handed to him from time to time.

Han Chudong has replaced many senior executives and is also arranging headhunting companies to look for smart and capable candidates, trying to form an efficient team to assist him in managing this growing business empire.

Mr. Dyson was a man of fairly good abilities, having previously worked at Bell Labs on a similar project. After listening to his young boss, he realized that his task seemed more important, and he immediately felt a sense of self-satisfaction.

Han Chudong replied, "In a few days I will go to MIT and Caltech in person, and maybe even Cambridge and Oxford. The autumn job fairs are being held one after another. If you are only responsible for R&D tasks, I believe I can meet your needs. If the human resources department allows, I hope to directly hire some professors and associate professors from the Department of Chemistry and the Department of Electrical Engineering at high salaries. There is no shortage of grassroots researchers at present, but there is a shortage of management staff who can be responsible for an entire or even several R&D projects alone."

"Of course, I'll say hello to the Human Resources Director later, and you can communicate with him directly then. As long as they have outstanding abilities, I will allow them to be paid high salaries.

In addition, I also told other R&D staff that as long as they work hard, they will receive a very substantial bonus at the end of this year, which is almost a quarter’s salary. For some employees who work hard, their fixed salaries will also be adjusted.”

Han Chudong discovered that giving a small salary increase to middle and low-level employees would be more beneficial to the healthy development of the company than paying senior executives more.

Take my own nanny for example. I recently told her that her monthly salary would increase by $100. She was so happy that she worked even harder, cleaned the house inside and out until it was spotless, and boasted to everyone about how good and kind her boss is.

However, those executives are often elites with high aspirations. Even if they get a salary increase, they will only want more money.

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Take several old executives who were transferred to other positions, for example. Although they clearly received certain compensation, some of them still chose to resign. Although the salary standards were three to four times higher than when they first joined last year, it still could not satisfy their appetite.

Since realizing this, he has paid more attention to middle and low-level employees, avoiding treating them as people who can be replaced at any time. Taking into account the company's profitability and expansion since the beginning of this year, as well as the expected profits in the second half of the year, he has determined year-end benefits equivalent to at least three months' salary, and plans to adjust salary and benefits have also been put on the agenda.

Dyson was of course delighted after hearing this, and said, "Okay, those guys will definitely be very excited. I guess no one will consider changing jobs again."

"Do you have any other samples? Leave this box to me. I'll have people from several luxury goods companies come over to visit in a few days. I'll determine the production process as soon as possible and start mass production as soon as possible."

…

I was busy all day yesterday and will continue to handle official business today.

Taking a vacation is fun for a while, but after that you still have to focus on making money.

I thought I could finish the rest of the work today, but as soon as Dyson left, I heard that Helena Bergman was coming.

She came to California to study at Stanford University. She flew to Los Angeles without saying hello in advance and was standing outside Han Chudong's office...