Chapter 45

"Water and electricity are complete here, and every factory has an independent electric meter..."

Lin Jian continued.

"If I want to rent it, what discounts are there!"

Lin Yi asked.

Lin Jian thought for a while and said:

"Because you are a college student, if you start a business here, you can enjoy government rent reductions.

The actual rent only needs to be 80%, and you can also enjoy a three-year tax-free policy. This is already the most favorable condition in the startup center.....!"

Lin Yi calculated in his heart. If calculated according to this standard, the rent he would pay for this factory would only be about 18,000 per month.

220,000 a year.

For a factory of over a thousand square meters, this price is not expensive.

Lin Yi said:

"My business license hasn't been processed yet, so the move-in time might be a bit late!"

"That's fine, as long as you pay the deposit and sign the contract!"

Lin Jian said.

"Alright then!" Lin Yi nodded.

"Your annual rent is 220,000. The contract must be signed for at least three years. The rent can be paid every half year or every quarter. You can just give 100,000 for the deposit!"

"Okay!"

So, the two returned to the administrative office building of the startup center.

Lin Yi swiped 100,000 yuan directly and received a receipt and a lease contract.

The two agreed that by next week at the latest, the rent for the first quarter of four months must be paid.

By the time Lin Yi got the lease contract stamped with the official seal,

looking at that factory again, although it was still empty inside,

it was the starting point of his career.

Unlike the arms trade, although that did bring Lin Yi huge amounts of money, this career could never be brought into the light.

And now, this factory could be displayed openly.

That feeling was completely different.

For the next two days, Lin Yi had been waiting for a call.

And his business license was also processed during this time.

A tech company named "Fengyi Tech" was established.

The reason for choosing this name was that Lin Yi hoped this company would spread its wings and fly high in the future.

And "Yi" and "Yi" (wing) are homophones, so the meaning is extraordinary.

October 9th, this day.

Lin Yi, who was in a professional course, received a call.

It was from Zhao Xuebin.

He said on the phone that he had finished everything in the Ugly Nation and arrived in Modu.

He hoped both parties could agree on a place to meet.

So, Lin Yi didn't hesitate at all and skipped class to leave.

For him, even if he failed a subject, he couldn't neglect the talent recommended by the system.

To be honest, since failing three subjects last semester, Lin Yi felt he definitely wouldn't get a degree certificate,

and whether he could even get a graduation certificate was uncertain.

It might even end up as a non-degree completion.

However, Lin Yi had no regrets about this.

Compared to a graduation certificate, the significance of his part-time job earning money was greater.

Not to mention, he now had technology that surpassed this era.

The two agreed to meet at a coffee shop in the Songjiang University Town.

After waiting in the coffee shop for more than half an hour,

Lin Yi saw a middle-aged man wearing black-rimmed glasses, a suit, and some gray hair at his temples.

As soon as he saw this person, Lin Yi went up to meet him and asked:

"You must be Dr. Zhao!"

Hearing this, Zhao Xuebin looked Lin Yi over and said with a smile:

"You must be Mr. Lin...!"

The two shook hands and sat down.

Dr. Zhao ordered a cup of black coffee without sugar and started chatting with Lin Yi.

"I heard Mr. Lin is planning to invest heavily in new energy batteries and has already achieved some results. I don't know if it's true?"

"Of course!"

As he spoke, Lin Yi casually took a napkin and started writing on it.

At first, Dr. Zhao didn't pay much attention, but soon he was surprised.

It was actually a new type of battery, a cobalt-free solid-state battery technology.

As everyone knows, there are currently two mainstream routes for new energy batteries: the lithium iron phosphate route and the ternary lithium battery route.

And the "ternary" in ternary lithium battery actually means three elements. The mainstream formula is lithium, cobalt, and nickel.

According to the latest data, at the current technical level, the energy density of lithium iron phosphate battery cells can only be about 110Wh/kg, while the energy density of ternary lithium battery cells can reach about 200Wh/kg.

Although the energy density of ternary lithium batteries is higher than that of lithium iron phosphate batteries,

the defects of ternary lithium batteries are also obvious, namely safety and cost.

Especially the prices of lithium salt, nickel salt, and cobalt salt, which are precursors for positive electrode materials, have been rising over the past two years, leading to a significant increase in the cost of positive electrode materials.

Among them, the cobalt element accounts for a high proportion of the cost in ternary positive electrode materials. Compared to the global widespread distribution of nickel mines,

cobalt mines are dominated by the Congo (Kinshasa) in Central Africa.

According to data released by the Ugly Nation Geological Survey,

the annual production of cobalt metal in Congo (Kinshasa) is over 60,000 tons, accounting for about 66% of global cobalt production,

and this figure is already close to the total proven cobalt reserves of the Dragon Nation.

Therefore, it is precisely because things are rare that they are expensive, and coupled with the perennial geopolitical instability of Congo (Kinshasa), futures are still in a long-term high-speed upward trend.

And it belongs to scarce resources.

Therefore, cobalt resources have become a bottleneck problem in the positive electrode material industry.

And the design plan Lin Yi gave now is a completely cobalt-free positive electrode battery technology.

"Are there any samples? What is the energy density!"

Dr. Zhao asked.

Hearing this, Lin Yi shook his head and then put away the napkin with part of the technology written on it:

"There are no samples yet, but according to estimates, the energy density of this new battery can exceed 400Wh/kg,

the cost is reduced by 30%, and because solid-state electrolytes are used, it is lighter, smaller in volume, and has greatly improved safety...!"

Hearing Lin Yi say this, Dr. Zhao was full of excitement.

In his view, even if Lin Yi was exaggerating a bit,

just the cobalt-free battery technology alone could be said to have opened up a new direction for battery research.

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