Chapter 25: Establishing Fengyi Technology

Seeing that the time was right, Lin Yi said:

"I wonder, Dr. Zhao, whether you would be willing to join Fengyi Technology?"

"Fengyi Technology!?" Zhao Zhao Xuebin asked, somewhat puzzled.

"Yes, it's a company I newly established; the offices and factory are located here at the Songjiang Entrepreneurship Center....!"

Lin Yi said.

Although the system's recruitment function could scour the globe for talent and guarantee their loyalty.

However, this would not change the other party's personality.

As expected, upon hearing Lin Yi's invitation, Zhao Zhao Xuebin replied almost without hesitation:

"That's wonderful! It would be my honor to join Mr. Lin's company!"

Hearing this, Lin Yi's face lit up with joy as he said:

"I think Dr. Zhao should call me 'Boss' from now on!"

"Haha, exactly! So, Boss, when can I start working?"

Zhao Zhao Xuebin asked.

"Anytime you like, but aren't you going to ask about the compensation?"

Lin Yi asked.

"I trust you, Boss; you won't treat me unfairly!" Dr. Zhao said confidently.

"An annual salary of two million, plus I've already rented a four-bedroom apartment for you in Songjiang District..."

Lin Yi said with a smile.

The reason he offered such an annual salary was because of the System.

Zhao Zhao Xuebin

Stone Stone Stone Stone Age: 42

PhD in Materials Science from MIT.

Specializing in lithium battery research.

Research Talent: Three Stars.

Suggested Annual Salary: 2 million Chinese Yuan.

This meant the System approved his two-million-yuan annual salary,

while the Three-Star research talent indicated he belonged to the top-tier talents.

(One Star: Ordinary Talent, Two Stars: Senior Talent, Three Stars: Top Talent, Four Stars: National Scholar at the Academician level.)

Basically, reaching Three Stars already placed one among the top ten in the scientific research field.

Four Stars usually represented figures ranking within the top few globally in their industry.

Incidentally, Zhao Zhao Xuebin had formerly been the Director of R&D at Applied Materials in the United States, with an annual salary no less than one million US dollars.

His current annual salary of around three hundred thousand US dollars was, in fact, a step down for him.

This was all thanks to the System's Employment Function; otherwise, such a technical master

would never have been recruitable by a newly founded company like Lin Yi's.

Now, offering him an annual salary of around two million Chinese Yuan, Lin Yi felt not the slightest bit of loss.

Because the profits this man would bring him would absolutely amount to hundreds of millions.

After arranging Dr. Zhao Zhao Xuebin in the rented apartment,

finally, two more days passed, and Dr. Wen Xiang arrived in Modu from the Imperial Capital.

Both were authorities in the field of new energy batteries.

Lin Yi did not favor one over the other, offering Dr. Wen Xiang the same salary.

With their assistance, Fengyi Technology at the Songjiang Entrepreneurship Center was finally officially established.

On the opening day, Lin Yi merely set off a string of firecrackers together with Dr. Zhao and the others.

They placed a few potted money trees beside the factory building,

but otherwise held no grand celebrations, after all, Fengyi Technology was currently just an inconspicuous new startup in Dragon Country.

There was truly no need for extravagant festivities.

However, Director Lin Lin Lin Jian from the Entrepreneurship Center came to the factory site and presented a craftsmanship piece symbolizing abundant wealth.

At this moment, Lin Lin Lin Jian had no idea that this factory, which in his eyes was merely a small company, would achieve what monumental accomplishments in the future.

Following the company's official registration, Fengyi Technology first procured equipment externally and then began constructing its research center over the following period.

Of course, Lin Yi also handed over all the technology regarding the new cobalt-free solid-state battery from his mind to the two doctors.

Relying on the cluster effect driven by these two masters, many domestic talents came attracted by their reputation, joining the now obscure Fengyi Technology.

In just over half a month,

Fengyi Technology expanded from having only Lin Yi as the boss to a research team of over thirty people.

Among them were many high-achieving students from Tsinghua and Peking University.

In fact, the reason these students came to Fengyi Technology

was precisely due to the reputations of Dr. Zhao and Dr. Wen.

Just thinking that Zhao Zhao Xuebin was willing to resign from his million-dollar annual salary job at Applied Materials in the United States to return home,

these top students from Tsinghua and Peking University naturally became very interested.

During this period, Lin Yi was so busy his feet hardly touched the ground; he even missed many specialized courses at school.

Sometimes he was so busy that he stayed at the factory for several consecutive days.

On one hand, he was ordering equipment, and on the other, renovating the factory.

After all, producing batteries was not like producing canned beverages; safety and fire protection inspections all needed to pass approval.

Naturally, during this time, Lin Yi spent money like water; merely introducing the equipment cost him nearly thirty million.

Fortunately, many of the devices had already been domestically produced.

Mixers, stacking machines, coating machines, electrolyte filling machines, cutting machines, mixing equipment, winding machines, and so on.

Meanwhile, inside the laboratory,

Dr. Zhao and Dr. Wen resembled Wolong and Fengchu.

Each team leader was responsible for a different project.

Zhao Zhao Xuebin led a ten-person team to develop new cathode materials.

Meanwhile, Wen Xiang led the remaining team to research new anode materials and solid-state electrolytes.

Thanks to the highly detailed technical data, the research progress was extremely fast.

Normally, for such cutting-edge technology, even giants like Panasonic, LG Chem, and Samsung would need to gather research teams of over a hundred people to work day and night.

Then, after spending hundreds of millions of dollars, success would still not be guaranteed.

However, by adding additives to the electrolyte to develop a solid-state electrolyte,

solid-state batteries offer higher energy density, faster charging speeds, greater safety (separator), no drastic power loss in low temperatures (electrolyte), and longer cycle life compared to lithium-ion batteries using liquid electrolyte solutions.

Yet, determining exactly what this additive is and which material is suitable is not something that can be resolved overnight.

Some problems could even trap researchers for years, or even over a decade.

But if a set of detailed technical data were placed right before them now,

explicitly marking which additives to add to the electrolyte to obtain a solid-state electrolyte,

then the research speed would increase exponentially.

Based on the current research progress, Zhao Zhao Xuebin and Wen Xiang's teams estimated that prototypes could be produced in at most half a month.

However, due to being overly busy recently,

Lin Yi inevitably neglected the beautiful Han.

Often, Han Han Han Yajing would send him messages, and he would only see and reply to them half a day later.

"Are you there?"

"Are you not there?"

"Alright, if you see this, please reply to me!"

Lin Yi often saw WeChat messages like these.

Lin Yi could only explain afterward that he had matters to attend to and would chat later.

To be honest, after spending this time together, he felt quite fond of the beautiful Han.

Not only was she beautiful, but most importantly, she did not look down on his humble origins in the mountainous region,

a fact evident from their conversations.

Sometimes Lin Yi would talk to her about the mountainous areas of Guizhou Province,

describing the verdant mountains, the crystal-clear streams, and the various mushrooms growing on the hills.

Although Han Han Han Yajing's hometown was Yunnan Province, she was born in the provincial capital, Kunming City,

and she herself had never actually visited the deep mountains of Yunnan.

On the contrary, she was very interested in everything Lin Yi described.