The venue was arranged in a five-star hotel. Secretary Jin rented a banquet hall and decorated it as the venue.

At this time, the venue was full of people, including many heavyweights.

Chen Xu had no intention of showing up, and instead handed the task over to Cai Weiye, and mainly to Secretary Jin.

In the past two months, he not only opened a battery laboratory, but also did a lot of other things. He didn't want to spend all his time on these things, so he transferred Secretary Jin back to his side.

As for the noodle shop chain, it was handed over to Lao Tang.

Old Tang eventually resigned from Wanhua and joined his noodle chain company. After more than a month of getting familiar with the company, Chen Xu handed over the company to him for management.

Old Tang is a capable man and Chen Xu trusts him.

Moreover, in his business empire, the noodle shop has been relegated to a very low position.

Of course, this doesn't mean he will just give up on this. Even if it's a small thing, it's still meat. This is his first company, and it has special significance. It's just right to hand it over to Old Tang.

"How much do you plan to squeeze out of this electrolyte?" Luo Xiyun suddenly asked.

Chen Xu said, "I will license the product to four or five companies, and each company will receive a licensing fee of 1 billion. In addition, I will charge a certain share of the electrolyte produced. The specific amount can be negotiated."

After hearing this, Luo Xiyun widened his eyes and asked, "Are you crazy?"

"They will agree." Chen Xu said with a smile.

Luo Xiyun did not have enough understanding of the importance of this electrolyte.

After solving the problem of lithium dendrites, the greatest significance is that the negative electrode material of the lithium battery can be replaced with metallic lithium.

At present, the rechargeable lithium batteries on the market are mostly lithium-ion batteries. Lithium metal batteries are a minority because during the charging and discharging process, lithium metal will produce lithium dendrites, which can easily pierce the diaphragm and cause a short circuit. This poses a great safety hazard.

Once the problem of lithium dendrites is solved, there is no need to worry about such safety hazards.

The energy capacity of lithium metal batteries is several times that of lithium-ion batteries.

Without saying too much, how much benefit can it bring if the battery capacity can be doubled?

The standby time of mobile phones is doubled, the range of electric vehicles is doubled... Such prospects will drive mobile phone manufacturers and electric vehicle manufacturers crazy.

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In the surveillance video, Cai Weiye on the podium introduced the characteristics and data of the electrolyte in a somewhat dry manner. It can be seen that he was really nervous and not good at public speaking. What he said was not attractive at all.

Then, it was time for questions. People at the meeting kept asking questions and doubts. Soon, Cai Weiye was sweating profusely.

Chen Xu was not too disappointed when he saw his performance. At least, he was not so nervous that he could not speak.

The main point of doubt among these people is the composition of the electrolyte and the method of making it. Without this, others will only believe that the data are all fake.

As more and more people asked questions, Cai Weiye on the podium was overwhelmed and had no control over the situation at all.

In fact, the meeting was not over yet. Secretary Jin secretly invited representatives from the top five companies in the domestic lithium battery industry to another meeting room and showed them the real thing.

Chen Xu turned off the surveillance. Next, these people will evaluate the batteries made from the electrolyte, which will take some time. There is nothing interesting to see.

Luo Xiyun thought for a moment and asked, "How much does this electrolyte cost?"

"If it is mass-produced, the cost of the electrolyte will increase by less than 50 percent compared to the original one. Moreover, it is safe, non-toxic and environmentally friendly."

Chen Xu said, "The batteries we give them now have a capacity 2.5 times that of normal batteries. They can be recharged 500 times."

Luo Xiyun suddenly realized, "No wonder you dare to ask for such a high price."

Solving the problem of lithium dendrites is only one of the problems in lithium batteries. We also need to consider the cost. If the cost is too high, it cannot be commercialized.

The cost problem has been solved, but there is another problem: will the battery made with this electrolyte have major defects? If it is toxic, it will not pass the environmental test. Another issue is safety and the number of times it can be used...

There are too many problems to be encountered in the commercialization process of a laboratory product. If there is a defect in any link, all the previous investment will be wasted.

If it was just to solve the problem of lithium dendrites, those battery companies would definitely not be willing to pay so much money. But Chen Xu directly came up with a product that could be commercialized. These companies had no room to refuse.

If you don't pay this money, your competitors will pay it, and then the losses will be more than just this money.

Unfortunately, Chen Xu was unable to apply for a patent for the first generation of lithium metal batteries he developed, otherwise he would have hit him harder.

Of course, if he started his own battery company, he would end up making more money.

However, how much investment, energy, and time are needed to start a company, build a factory, purchase a production line, recruit workers, and finally produce a finished product? In the thirty years in his dream, he clearly knew how important a complete industrial chain was. He did not have the black technology in his dream, so it was impossible for him to handle the entire industrial chain by himself.

He wants to keep these battery companies and continuously upgrade the industry through them.

Now it is still the first generation of products. When the time is right, they will come up with the second and third generations... If there is no competition, how can they have enough motivation to continuously upgrade? As long as they occupy the upstream of this industry, they can influence the development direction of the entire industry in various ways.

More importantly, it is too easy to make money with patents. In the future, he can also directly "collect taxes" like a certain mobile phone chip company. It's so cool.

If the negotiations go smoothly, he can get billions in cash, which means he will become rich overnight and be able to do a lot of things.

Luo Xiyun looked at him and couldn't help but ponder. Using intellectual property to make money is indeed a shortcut. If you come up with a result that can change the industry landscape, there will be a lot of companies rushing to pay for it.

She thought that maybe she could learn from it.

The family fund left by her mother was taken out in full, about 500 million, which she thought was a lot. But compared with Chen Xu, it seemed a little less.

PS: Please give me a monthly ticket.

(End of this chapter)