Chapter 173

At first glance, Ma Ma Sike was somewhat disappointed.

After all, a small factory building of over 900 square meters simply could not meet his current standards.

Of course, many great companies started in inconspicuous places.

For instance, the founders of HP and Apple's Jobs both started their ventures in garages.

And these companies ultimately became great enterprises.

Therefore, although Ma Ma Sike was initially disappointed that Fengyi Technology's factory was too small,

in an instant, he changed his mindset.

For this meeting, following the recommendation of his Chief Technical Officer, Straubel,

he had rushed urgently from California to Modu.

He finally boarded the flight from California to Modu the next day.

Then, on the evening of the second day, he crossed the entire Pacific Ocean and arrived in Modu.

That night, he rested at a hotel in Modu.

The following day, he came to Fengyi Technology.

Before being ushered into the conference room by the receptionist,

Ma Ma Sike saw a production workshop that was extremely busy yet managed in an orderly fashion.

With just a glance, he could tell that this company's management was excellent;

in such a crowded factory, the arrangement of all mechanical equipment and the layout of employees were very reasonable,

with basically one process immediately followed by the next.

There was no chaos whatsoever, which could be considered quite remarkable.

Soon, Ma Ma Sike and Tesla's Chief Technical Officer, Straubel, were invited together to the conference room on the second floor.

After Li Li Xueying brewed a cup of coffee for the two men,

Ma Ma Sike looked at Li Li Xueying and felt that the boss of Fengyi Technology must be a person of taste, just like himself.

After all, his female secretary, Mary Beth Brown, was a woman as charming as Li Li Xueying.

However, just at that moment, a young man walked into the conference room.

Thanks to last night's investigation, Ma Ma Sike immediately recognized the other party as the boss of Fengyi Technology,

which was all thanks to Long Country's Baidu.

Upon meeting, Ma Ma Sike stood up, extended his hand quite formally, and said:

"Elon Ma Ma Sike, founder and CEO of the Chou Country Tesla Company!"

"Hello, Mr. Ma Ma Sike, nice to meet you!"

Lin Yi extended his hand generously and said.

He felt not the slightest psychological burden about having taken down two fighter jets from Chou Country just yesterday.

After all, during the day, he was a tech tycoon.

Who could know that selling arms, eliminating the Yise Lie air force, and destroying the Wailing Wall had anything to do with him?

Then, Ma Ma Sike introduced the person beside him:

"This is Straubel, the Chief Technical Officer of Tesla Company!"

Straubel stood up, extended his hand, and said:

"Hello!"

"Hello!" Lin Yi replied.

Once everyone was seated, Ma Ma Sike got straight to the point without any nonsense:

"Lin Zong, here is the situation: two days ago, Mr. Straubel recommended to me a battery produced by your company;

its performance is absolutely the best lithium battery I have ever seen, especially its stability and safety,

it is simply better than that damn gel battery!"

Ma Ma Sike did not hesitate to lavish praise on the Superba 18650 battery.

Whether this was just his personality, he was never stingy with his praise for things that were good and stunning.

Conversely, for things that were poor and trash, he would utterly disparage them.

For example, regarding the Panasonic batteries currently used by Tesla, he had nothing but complaints.

All sorts of negative words like trash, obsolete, and so on came out of Ma Ma Sike's mouth.

If one day he encountered better products from other companies, these labels would likely be pinned onto Fengyi Technology instead.

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His personality was very similar to that of Apple's founder, Jobs.

The two could be said to be the same kind of paranoids.

Only when this guy's praise made Lin Yi feel embarrassed did he finally say:

"I hope Fengyi Technology can become our battery supplier for Tesla; I can guarantee that we will order no less than 300 million batteries from Fengyi Technology annually!"

Hearing this quantity, Lin Yi's eyes lit up.

If calculated based on the factory price of 20 Hua Coins for the most ordinary 4000mAh 18650 battery,

this would be a business worth 6 billion Hua Coins, plus material costs could be covered through his overseas funds.

Calculating labor and electricity costs at 2 Hua Coins per battery,

his net profit could remain at 5.4 billion Hua Coins.

Of course, the accounts would definitely not be this simple.

High-performance batteries of 6000mAh, 8000mAh, and 13000mAh,

These are the top choices for Tesla and other electric vehicle manufacturers.

After all, a single 40 RMB cell with a 6,000 mAh capacity is nearly double that of the Panasonic 18650, with its 3,300 mAh, currently used by Tesla.

Under the same battery pack configuration.

This means Tesla's driving range would nearly double.

Based on Tesla's current range of 400 to 600 kilometers, it could reach 800 to 1,200 kilometers.

Undoubtedly, this represents a qualitative breakthrough.

No wonder Ma Ma Sike is so anxious right now.

After all, once he secures the Super Power 18650 batteries, Tesla Company is bound to leap to the next level.

It would show Huaerjie, which remains skeptical about new energy vehicles, the true power of this technology.

Furthermore, possessing such formidable batteries,

his grand plan for Tesla's super trucks could finally be put on the agenda.

Of course, all of this depends on his ability to persuade the young man standing before him.

Who could have imagined

that Longguo, a nation considered technologically backward, would produce a battery enterprise like Fengyi Technology?

"So, what do you think, Lin Zong?" Ma Ma Sike asked.

"Three hundred million cells!"

Lin Yi thought for a moment before saying:

"That works, but we need to renegotiate the price!"

"Naturally!" Ma Ma Sike acted as if money were no object.

"Then it's settled; our CEO, Dennis Yang, will handle the specific discussions with you!"

Lin Yi said.

Soon, CEO Yang Chen took over from Lin Yi and began haggling with Ma Ma Sike.

"Good heavens, this price is too high; you must know what our Chouguo's tariff on batteries is.

A CIF price of fifteen dollars is absurd..."

Finally, after two hours of fierce verbal sparring, both sides reached an agreement.

Throughout this process, Lin Yi did not participate at all.

After all, he knew that negotiations should be left to professionals.

If he were to overstep his bounds, wouldn't that be just like Guangtou, who loved issuing commands across levels during wartime?

In the end, both parties reached a verbal agreement.