Chapter 473: Want Priority Purchase? Sure! The Order Is Increased to $1.5 Billion!
As dusk fell, the waves of Swan Lake began to darken.
The weeping willows on the bank have lost their greenness during the day and turned into ink-black silhouettes from afar.
The huge LED screen in the department store was playing advertisements in a loop, and young people in fashionable clothes were holding Kawanka milk tea and chatting and laughing all the way.
Chen Yansen retracted his gaze and straightened his shirt cuffs, because Luzhou Prefecture was almost there, just at the next intersection.
He came to Luzhou originally just to attend the unveiling ceremony of the group's headquarters, but being in the mundane world, he could not avoid the necessary social interactions.
For example, we have to meet with Jin Junhua, the chairman of Royalstar. After all, the reason why half of the Orange E1 electric fans can be delivered to customers on schedule is inseparable from the OEM assistance of Royalstar.
There is also Xu Minggang from Xincheng International. As the contractor of the Senlian headquarters building, it is natural that he should also meet him.
After a while, Lao Huang turned the steering wheel to the right and parked the car in the parking space in front of the hotel.
Luzhou Mansion is a typical Huizhou-style ancient building with green tiles and white walls. The wind chimes on the eaves make crisp sounds when blown by the evening breeze.
In the banquet hall, Xu Minggang took out his mobile phone and glanced at the message sent by his assistant. He quickly stood up and walked out. His stern face instantly changed into a bright smile.
Xu Xiangdong from Huazhang Liquor Store was chatting with his daughter, Shi Yuzhu, Chairman of Giant Group and Vice President of Hui'an Chamber of Commerce. "Mr. Shi, this is my daughter Xu Jiujiu, the founder of Moman Camera."
"A good father will have a good daughter. Boss Xu has truly raised a good daughter." Shi Yuzhu clinked his red wine glass with Xu Xiangdong's, his tone full of praise. "In just four months, Moman Camera has amassed over 100 million downloads worldwide. Among young entrepreneurs, Ms. Xu is definitely a leader."
In his opinion, Xu Jiujiu's ability should not be underestimated.
One hundred million downloads is by no means a small number. Many Internet companies that have been established for more than ten years have not been able to exceed this number of cumulative users.
"Thank you, Mr. Shi, for your compliment, but among the young entrepreneurs in Hui'an Province, Chen Yansen is the most impressive one."
Xu Jiujiu responded gracefully, politely and modestly.
Under the influence of her father, she has been exposed to the world since she was a child and appears to be very calm in such business occasions.
"Chen Yansen? If you compare him to other young people in the whole country, or even the whole world, you won't find another one who can be compared to him."
Shi Yuzhu smiled awkwardly and shook his head.
Last year, overseas media called Zuckerberg the "Lighthouse Country version of Chen Yansen", but this year no one mentioned it. Obviously, they felt that the gap between the two was too big and Zuckerberg was not worthy of being compared with Chen Yansen.
Not to mention young entrepreneurs like Xu Jiujiu, even he himself is far less wealthy and influential than Chen Yansen.
What's more, after the Deep Blue Battery came out, a bunch of research institutes in confidential fields chased Deep Blue Technology to pay patent licensing fees, and one can imagine how much weight it weighed in the minds of the upper echelons.
Just look at the Yenching Internet Conference in mid-August, where Chen Yansen was the first to speak, and you will know the importance of DeepBlue Technology.
Shi Yuzhu knew very well that Giant Group was just a gaming company, which had little value to the country or the people, and could not be compared with Senlian Capital.
Therefore, he quit while he was ahead, retired early and lived a semi-retired life of "eating and drinking to his heart's content".
At this time, Xu Jiujiu caught a glimpse of Xu Minggang walking out, and her heart moved, realizing that Chen Yansen had come.
Everyone noticed Xu Minggang's actions. Some followed him immediately, some hesitated, and some looked calm and remained where they were.
The other side.
As soon as Chen Yansen got out of the car, he saw Xu Minggang striding towards him. Before he even arrived, his voice was already there: "Mr. Chen!"
As they got closer, Xu Minggang lowered his voice and added, "Brother Chen, it's really not easy to find you to have a drink with. Tonight, you have to drink until you're drunk."
"I've been waiting in Xucheng for over half a year, but Brother Xu never came looking for me with wine. Could it be that he has something against me?"
Chen Yansen held Xu Minggang's right hand and teased with a smile.
"Brother Chen has invested 4 billion to build a new home. Shouldn't I help you monitor the progress of the project in Luzhou? I would like to go, but I really can't get away."
Xu Minggang shrugged and said some polite words.
"Mr. Jin, Mr. Liang." Chen Yansen just greeted Jin Junhua of Royalstar and Liang Zhirong of JAC Motors respectively.
"Mr. Chen!" Jin Junhua and Liang Zhirong nodded in response.
"This is Chen Baoxian, Chairman of Qia Qia Food, Shang Xiaobo of Honglu Steel, and Yu Zhuyun of Huahuan Investment..."
Xu Minggang took Chen Yansen and introduced them to him one by one.
This group of people covers multiple industries including food, building materials, investment, real estate, home appliances, etc. If they were to be placed outside, they would all be wealthy businessmen.
But at this moment, they were like primary school students, lining up to greet Chen Yansen one by one.
The group was delayed at the door for more than ten minutes. When Chen Yansen walked into the banquet hall, the clock on the wall showed exactly six o'clock.
Just as Xu Ming led Chen Yansen to sit at the main table, Shi Yuzhu, who was sitting opposite him, took the initiative to speak: "Mr. Chen, I have long heard of your name."
"Mr. Shi, I should be the one saying this. Nice to meet you!"
Chen Yansen replied.
In his memory, every time he turned on the TV when he was a child, he would always see the brainwashing advertisements of "Naobaijin", which was really annoying.
Shi Yuzhu smiled awkwardly, vaguely hearing the subtext in Chen Yansen's words, but did not take it to heart.
For him, in the health care product market more than a decade ago, as long as you dared to enter, you could make money.
Can he just leave the money alone?
"Times have changed. The internet sector is indeed a place where miracles frequently occur. Mr. Chen built Senlian Capital, which has a valuation of over US$100 billion, in just three years. This is truly admirable."
Shi Yuzhu praised sincerely.
He came to this banquet mainly to make friends, and Chen Yansen was undoubtedly the most important one among them.
Chen Yansen was speechless. A CEO with a net worth of hundreds of billions was flattering him in person. As the saying goes, one should not hit a smiling person. He and Shi Yuzhu started chatting.
In the middle of the conversation, the other party talked about the Golden Liquor, a collaboration between Giant Group and Wuliangye, and happened to have not yet tried online channels. The two of them finalized the plan to move in after a few words.
The two then talked about the joint operation of mobile games.
The number of Orange phones in China has exceeded 100 million, and they have strong distribution capabilities on mobile devices, which Shi Yuzhu is very envious of.
Although the two companies have cooperated before, the scale has always been small.
Faced with Shi Yuzhu's proposal for in-depth cooperation, Chen Yansen did not agree on the spot, nor did he directly refuse. He only gave a verbal promise: if Giant Group's marketing expenses could exceed a certain scale, it could enjoy a 20% discount on the standard price.
Shi Yuzhu agreed without hesitation and offered an annual contract worth 500 million yuan.
This is the benefit of participating in industry exchange meetings, chambers of commerce or drinking parties. With the recommendation of acquaintances, some business deals can often save you from complicated preliminary research and adjustments, and the discussions can be much smoother.
Chen Yansen sat in his seat and people kept toasting him.
Xu Jiujiu, who was in the corner, saw him drink several glasses in a row, and a look of worry appeared in her eyes.
Xu Xiangdong saw it and whispered, "Girl, don't blame Dad for not reminding you. People like Chen Yansen are always surrounded by women, especially beautiful girls. Don't be so foolish as to get close to him."
"Dad, you misunderstood. I know he has a girlfriend." Xu Jiujiu hurriedly denied.
"I'm glad you understand." Xu Xiangdong breathed a sigh of relief.
He may not understand Chen Yansen, but does that mean he doesn't understand men's thoughts?
Ten minutes later, Xu Xiangdong patted his daughter's hand and motioned Xu Jiujiu to follow. The two walked to Chen Yansen's table together.
"Mr. Chen, thank you for your support of Huazhang Liquor Store. During this year's Pinbei 618 promotion, we sold over 6 million in a single day. I'll drink first as a token of my respect. You can enjoy as much as you want."
Xu Xiangdong raised the wine glass with a smile, and his posture was very humble. Without waiting for Chen Yansen to speak, he drank the two taels of wine in the glass.
Since Huazhang Liquor Store entered the Pinbei Mall, it has become a leading merchant in the liquor category in just one year.
Xu Xiangdong brings cheap European table wine back to China for bottling, and then sells it at 99 yuan per box of six bottles.
If it happened more than a decade later, users would not have given it a second glance, but in 2013, many people still had a filter for the words "overseas import" and had not yet gotten rid of the fascination.
This can be seen from the rapid development momentum of Pinbei International.
"It's a win-win cooperation. I also have to thank Mr. Xu for his support for Pinbei." Chen Yansen nodded slightly.
"Mr. Chen, the downloads of Moman Camera have exceeded 100 million, and the number of registered users is expected to break the 100 million mark in early September."
Xu Jiujiu smiled faintly, dimples appeared on her cheeks, and she looked a little cute in her innocent and naive look.
"Think more about profits." Chen Yansen gave a brief reminder.
Although the number of users of Moman Camera is growing rapidly, the competitive pressure is not small. Once product innovation fails to keep up, it will easily be replaced by other similar products.
Next, Jin Junhua from Royalstar came over again, and his meaning was very clear. He wanted to purchase the license to use the language analysis development tool and the Tiangong I100 Internet of Things chip, and then develop corresponding home appliances.
Smart air conditioners, smart fans, and smart air fryers all have great potential. Although the cost has increased, the premium is even higher.
Even Haier dares to sell air conditioners for 6,000 yuan each, so Royalstar air conditioners can do the same!
Chen Yansen was very considerate and agreed readily.
If Xiaomi can buy it, then Royalstar can certainly buy it too.
The larger the amount of data, the stronger the performance of the algorithm model.
Liang Zhirong, CEO of JAC Motors, wanted to say something but stopped himself. However, seeing that there was someone next to Chen Yansen, he could only wait silently for the opportunity.
After Jin Junhua left, Liang Zhirong dragged his chair over to Chen Yansen and asked, "Mr. Chen, if JAC Motors purchases 4890 power batteries, how long will it take to get the goods?"
"Two months later." Chen Yansen said truthfully.
The production capacity of Shenzhen No. 1 Factory (formerly Upower Battery) is currently only enough to supply mobile phone batteries to brands such as Orange, Sanxing, Huawei and Apple, while the remaining production lines are fully dedicated to supplying Tesla.
As for the No. 2 factory, although it is large in scale, it will take at least two months before it can officially start production.
He understood what Liang Zhirong meant. He simply wanted to use Deep Blue batteries to launch pure electric vehicles with longer battery life.
"Mr. Chen, what do you think of new energy vehicles?" Liang Zhirong asked again.
"There is potential, but the supply chain is not yet mature," Chen Yansen said concisely.
"Once Deep Blue Battery's production capacity increases, the market size of pure electric vehicles will inevitably grow rapidly. Putting aside international oil prices, domestic oil prices are high and electricity costs are cheap. I believe the market space for electric vehicles is huge. Mr. Chen, are you interested in collaborating?"
Liang Zhirong asked, staring at Chen Yansen with burning eyes.
What to cooperate on?
Make cars?
Chen Yansen sneered inwardly. At this time, making cars would most likely lead to criticism. The market was unclear, the policies were not clear enough, and the supply chain was not perfect. In addition, he did not want to sell the Deep Blue batteries at a low price. It was destined that the cost of the battery pack for an electric car with a range of 500 kilometers would exceed 150,000 yuan. So how much would the car be priced?
400,000?
Isn't this a joke?
Chen Yansen knew that if he dared to sell, users would dare to criticize him.
Wait until Tesla, BYD, Great Wall, JAC, SAIC and BAIC have developed the market. Then he can take action and lower the price to 200,000 or 100,000 yuan per vehicle. Wouldn't it be nice to reap the benefits directly?
"I'm not interested in the automotive industry." Mr. Chen answered hypocritically.
He paused and said, "If Mr. Liang is interested in Deep Blue batteries, I can offer JAC the same supply conditions as Tesla."
Liang Zhirong was delighted and quickly expressed his gratitude, "Thank you very much, Mr. Chen! In fact, JAC has been deeply involved in the electric vehicle field for many years and has accumulated considerable technical expertise in battery modules, motors, and battery thermal management technologies."
In fact, JAC started its layout in the new energy field very early. It launched the iEV3 pure electric model last year and the iEV4 at the beginning of the year. However, the battery life of these two models is limited, and they can only run 100 kilometers when fully charged.
At most, it is suitable for going out to buy some groceries and shopping in the mall.
"The minimum annual purchase volume is 500 million US dollars, Mr. Liang, is that ok?" Chen Yansen nodded and asked casually.
How many?
500 million!
And it’s US dollars!
Liang Zhirong was slightly startled, and subconsciously asked: "Can Tesla be used up?"
"The pre-sale orders for the Model S LR version have just exceeded 10,000 units." Chen Yansen said lightly.
Liang Zhirong smiled bitterly and said, "Mr. Chen, JAC's new energy vehicles can't even sell 10,000 units a year."
The subsidies for purchasing new energy vehicles in 2013 were quite substantial. For pure electric vehicles with a range of 80 to 150 kilometers, each vehicle received a subsidy of 35,000 yuan; for vehicles with a range of 150 to 250 kilometers, each vehicle received a subsidy of 50,000 yuan; and for vehicles with a range of more than 250 kilometers, each vehicle received a subsidy of 60,000 yuan.
For example, the JAC iEV3 is priced at 150,000 yuan and has an official range of 150 kilometers, which is just at the mid-range subsidy line. Combined with local subsidies and preferential policies, the final price is less than 80,000 yuan.
Liang Zhirong knew the supply price of Deep Blue batteries. Based on a 20 kWh battery pack, replacing it with Deep Blue batteries would increase the battery life to 250 to 300 kilometers, at a cost of approximately US$8,000.
In other words, JAC needs to sell more than 60,000 new energy vehicles a year to use up the US$500 million worth of Deep Blue batteries.
"With the Deep Blue battery, won't JAC Electric Vehicle's sales increase?" Chen Yansen asked in return.
"Can we sign a priority purchase right agreement?" Liang Zhirong asked gritting his teeth.
"Sure." Chen Yansen replied.
Just as Liang Zhirong was about to take a gamble, he heard Chen Yansen add, "The order amount must be increased to 1.5 billion US dollars."
???
Liang Zhirong laughed dryly and said, "Mr. Chen, just pretend I didn't ask."
(End of this chapter)
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