Chapter 155

Although Little Sister Lin certainly didn't know it at the time, someone had told her.

Before departing, Lin Yi transferred 500,000 to his parents, asking them to renovate their old house after the New Year.

It wasn't that he didn't want to transfer more; rather, Lin Lin Qiang firmly refused.

Besides this, Lin Yi also made a special trip to the county government during this period.

He donated 20 million, intending for the county government to properly repair the mountain roads back in his hometown.

Upon hearing about the donation, the County Mayor personally received Lin Yi.

After all, Lin Yi's county was a famously impoverished one in Guizhou Province,

where donations for road construction were rarely seen.

Now that someone had suddenly appeared, the County Mayor immediately sent people to investigate.

The investigation revealed something astonishing: this young man before them was a tech magnate from Modu with a net worth of ten billion.

When such a major figure suddenly appeared, the matter naturally quickly alarmed the municipal authorities.

The city directly dispatched a Vice Mayor to the village to meet with Lin Yi.

Simply put, he came to solicit investment.

In response, Lin Yi did not hesitate, stating that he would cooperate with the government on some projects beneficial to farmers in the future.

Although no immediate investment was secured, obtaining a verbal commitment from a tech leader like Lin Yi

left the Vice Mayor very satisfied.

As for the village highway, the Vice Mayor pounded his chest, guaranteeing it would be properly built for the village.

Thus, Lin Yi prepared to return to Modu.

After all, the tech company was scheduled to resume production on the eighth day of the lunar new year.

Originally, he had wanted to bring his parents to Modu to enjoy life,

but unfortunately, the old couple found it hard to leave their native soil; they still had chickens, pigs, and land to tend to.

Moreover, having lived in the village for half their lives, they were familiar with everyone and everything there.

If suddenly moved to a big city, they would find it extremely difficult to adapt.

Therefore, the old couple promised to visit him in Modu when they had time and stay for a while,

but they would not go this time.

As for Little Sister Lin, she still needed to attend junior high school in the county town.

Lin Yi planned to transfer her to Modu for high school once she completed her junior high education.

After all, the educational resources in the county were truly inadequate.

Just like Lin Yi himself; although his grades in the county were actually not bad, he only managed to get into a second-tier university in Modu during the college entrance exam.

The root cause was simply that the educational resources in the county were far too poor.

Many teachers only held junior college qualifications, and any slightly better teachers would be poached by superior schools.

Whereas in Modu, even just a decent high school

would boast gold-medal teachers, each possessing their own excellent teaching methods.

This not only allowed students to achieve twice the results with half the effort but also stimulated their various interests and talents.

Therefore, in this era, one rarely hears the old saying anymore that "a noble son emerges from a poor family."

Because with such a vast disparity in educational resources, it is truly difficult for children from poor families to become successful.

This is precisely why Lin Yi intended to transfer his sister to Modu for high school in the future.

Though filled with immense reluctance, Lin Yi could only wave goodbye to his family and leave the small mountain village that had given him birth and raised him.

He boarded a flight to Modu in Guiyang.

By afternoon, the plane landed on schedule at Pudong Airport.

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However, not long after Lin Yi returned to Modu,

Fengyi Technology resumed production.

This greatly alleviated, to some extent, the shortage of Super Power batteries in the market around the Spring Festival.

However, overall,

from the emergence of the Super Power 18650 battery until now, everything has been in a state of supply failing to meet demand.

At the same time, this battery obtained certification from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) of the United States,

and UL certification for the North American region, which generally involves safety testing with a cycle of about two months.

It also obtained CE safety and performance certification for the European Union region.

It can be said that this battery has thoroughly opened up the export market.

And this battery soon crossed the ocean to reach the United States and Japan.

At this time, after Panasonic Electronics of Japan obtained this battery,

they immediately began testing.

In the Panasonic laboratory, Inukai Koichi, who was in charge of the new battery project, looked at the experimental data and was greatly shocked.

To be honest, more than a month ago,

they had already received news that a very powerful new energy technology enterprise in the opposing country,

with the mobile phone batteries they developed,

had caused Huawei's mobile phone business in Europe and on the mainland to experience a surge in sales thanks to their flash-charging technology.

They had even threatened Apple's position in the high-end mobile phone sector.

However, as a Fortune 500 company, Panasonic Electronics had not paid particular attention to this enterprise.

After all, as a field with a strong technological accumulation,

it is quite difficult for a latecomer to surpass its predecessors all at once.

Panasonic's accumulation of over a decade in this field is not something just any enterprise can compare to.

Not to mention that the other party is merely a small company, with battery production not even reaching a fraction of Panasonic's.

Yet it was precisely such a small company

that subsequently released the 18650 battery.

Instantly, it was highly praised in the Long Kingdom market.

Its popularity was such that many merchants on Long Kingdom e-commerce platforms took pride in advertising Super Power batteries.

Meanwhile, former Panasonic batteries were largely shunned by some Long Kingdom distributors.

Issues like insufficient capacity and slow charging speeds were cited.

They would rather queue up waiting for Fengyi Technology's Super Power batteries than use Panasonic products.

This caused a sharp decline in Panasonic's battery industry sales in the mainland market within a short period.

Out of necessity, Panasonic acquired Super Power 18650 batteries from the domestic market to investigate the matter.

The results shocked them greatly.

Its various performance metrics far exceeded those of Panasonic batteries.

Looking at this data, Inukai Koichi said excitedly:

"This is impossible; how could the Long people produce such an outstanding battery? Aren't they all technology thieves?"

There was a time when Panasonic was among the first Japanese enterprises to enter the Long Kingdom,

and Konosuke Matsushita, hailed as the "God of Management," was even received by leaders.

He was admired by many Long Kingdom entrepreneurs, and "Panasonic quality" became a byword.

The brand "Panasonic" became, during that era,

a symbol of the Long people's recognition of quality and technology.

However, with reform and opening-up and the economic takeoff,

Panasonic faced competition from Long Kingdom enterprises, and furthermore, Panasonic was unwilling to bring its latest technology to the Long Kingdom.

Gradually, Panasonic Electronics began to fall behind in the Long Kingdom.

Until today, Panasonic electronics are rarely seen in the Long Kingdom's home appliance sector.

This is because the Long Kingdom has better technology and domestic brands with greater fame.

The Panasonic brand has long since lost the Long Kingdom market.