Yamada Takeji's words were a subtle reminder to Lu Fan not to be too greedy.
Zhang Qingyi, who was standing next to him, was shocked by the amount.
After all, when she and the professors first returned to China, they couldn't even afford to set up a laboratory.
The reason why Yamada Takeji was willing to spend money at this time was because he had been observing the situation before.
This project is very expensive.
Before the results are in, no one knows how much money will be thrown into this bottomless pit.
But while the money moved Zhang Qingyi, it didn't move Lu Fan. Lu Fan shook his head and chuckled:
"Mr. Yamada, you've come here to reap the rewards, but I really don't care about 20 billion yen."
Then he wagged his finger at Zhang Qingyi:
"Just the factory that Professor Cheng is planning to build? Oh, a new energy battery factory, it'll cost nearly a trillion."
Lu Fan's offer brought Zhang Qingyi back to her senses instantly.
Yes, Mr. Yamada's offer of 20 billion yen for the US knife, which buys out the patent rights for several years, seems like an extravagant price.
But when you actually include Lu Fan's investment and construction, it's really not enough.
Yamada Takeji argued hard:
"But Mr. Lu, you also said that if we want to put new energy into mass production, the amount of money involved will be astronomical. What if we could cooperate?"
"Our Fengtian Group will not abandon its partners. We can jointly invest in this project; of course, our group will need to hold a certain percentage of the shares."
Yamada Takeji's words were so infuriating that Lu Fan actually laughed:
"No, I refuse. I'm capable of developing this project on my own, why should I share this pie with some irrelevant groups and interests?"
Yamada Takeji wanted to continue persuading him, but Lu Fan had no intention of arguing with him anymore.
Now that the meeting was over, Lu Fan didn't want to talk anymore, so he said goodbye to Zhang Qingyi and left.
This infuriated Yamada Takeji.
He witnessed Lu Fan's bad temper again within just two days, which naturally angered him.
In the end, he was even angered by Lu Fan's attitude and left!
I think I understand now. Lu Fan won't open up Professor Cheng's new energy technology patents to any other company.
If Lu Fan has already suffered so much harassment, then Professor Cheng's team, who developed this technology, must have suffered even more.
After the two major groups, Bailing and Fengtian, suffered setbacks.
Many more car companies have approached Professor Cheng and his team.
Zhang Qingyi was initially very worried.
After all, it wasn't easy for them to get investment from Fanyue Group, and the group even rejected the generous terms offered by Bailing and Fengtian without hesitation.
This demonstrates that Fanyue Group is quite powerful.
Professor Cheng and his team have already offended their "old employer," Fengtian Group. If they offend Lu Fan as well, they're likely to be in big trouble.
Lu Fan was quite relieved about this:
"If Professor Cheng and his colleagues were really only after money, they wouldn't have gone back to China specifically to seek out top domestic companies."
Seeing that Zhang Qingyi still didn't quite understand, Lu Fan shook his head and stopped talking to her about it.
People like Zhang Qingyi, who grew up abroad, naturally wouldn't understand the faith of Professor Cheng and his fellow overseas Chinese.
This also includes Professor Cheng's son, Cheng Dong.
After Professor Cheng studied abroad and started a family, his wife took care of the children most of the time, while he continued to spend year after year in the laboratory.
Therefore, he was also absent from his son Chengdong's education.
Now that Professor Cheng has led his team back to China, Cheng Dong, having grown accustomed to the glamorous life abroad, has no desire to "return to China."
In Cheng Dong's view, the foreign country is his home, his "hometown" where he was born and raised.
So Professor Cheng was quite happy when he saw his son arrive.
"Xiao Dong, why are you back? Didn't you say you applied to a university abroad and were going to do a project with your classmates there?"
Cheng Dong's grades weren't great, but because he was Asian, he had to quickly add other experiences to his resume.
In this respect, Professor Cheng did provide some help through his connections.
As a result, Cheng Dong suddenly appeared in Nanshan City. Zhang Qingyi used the benefits of Fanyue Group to apply for an apartment owned by the company for Professor Cheng.
This apartment building is not far from Professor Cheng's laboratory and the group's headquarters office.
Most of the residents in the vicinity are employees of Fanyue.
The environment is also very nice.
Cheng Dong waved to Professor Cheng from afar. Professor Cheng was pleased, but then realized his son hadn't come alone.
"Oh, who is this?"
If it weren't for the fact that the person looked to be in their forties, Professor Cheng would have thought the other person was Cheng Dong's classmate.
Cheng Dong quickly and enthusiastically began to introduce:
"Dad, this is General Manager Bai from Yama Electric Appliances Group."
Mr. Bai excitedly shook hands with Professor Cheng: "Please don't think I'm being presumptuous. I've long admired your name. I heard you had returned to China, so I hurriedly asked someone to contact Mr. Cheng and came to pay you a visit."
He adopted a very humble posture.
But Professor Cheng knew there was a reason for this.
Professor Cheng had also heard of Yama Electric Appliances Group.
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