Sitting down at the R&D staff's table, Xu Yifan was not polite. He picked up a pair of unused chopsticks and hurriedly took several bites of food.
After eating the food, he raised his green stick towards the battery developers at the same table.
"Brothers, let one of you go!"
"drink!"
Immediately, several researchers raised their bottles, whether they could drink or not, they raised their glasses and drank together.
Over this period of time, Xu Yifan has become very familiar with several R&D staff. They are all in their twenties and thirties, and they often go out for late-night snacks and skewers together.
Occasionally we even wash and massage our feet together!
Everyone is already accustomed to this.
After taking a heavy sip of beer, Xu Yifan continued to chat with everyone as usual.
"The Chinese New Year is almost here, time flies so fast!"
"In the blink of an eye, everyone has been coming to our company for several months."
"How's it going? It's the end of the year. Is there anything you want to tell me?"
Xu Yifan asked with a smile.
Several R&D personnel said boldly.
"There's nothing to say, it's all in the wine!" A R&D employee raised the beer bottle and took a sip.
Everyone else also talked about their feelings at the Jiuzhou Factory in the past few months.
"It's a pleasure to work in our factory. There are no intrigues or outsiders bossing around experts."
"The main reason is that Boss Xu, you are so kind!"
"Well, apart from the fact that the laboratory equipment is a bit unsatisfactory, there is nothing to say about life."
"Yes, yes, I didn't expect that I could make so much money in a few months!"
"To be honest, I have never heard of any senior brother or sister who has a better working and living environment than ours. Boss Xu even drinks with us from time to time, plays with skewers, and washes our feet!"
"The salary is also high. To be honest, I'm a little embarrassed to receive such a high salary!"
During the last wave of technological breakthroughs, several R&D personnel directly earned more than 300,000 yuan. With the salary of the past few months, they have a deposit of close to 400,000 yuan!
This is less than half a year. If I can earn this amount for the remaining half of the year, my annual salary will be one million!
This kind of salary package is already the annual salary of the top researchers, especially there are several graduate students among them.
Of course, everyone is very satisfied with this.
"As long as everyone lives well here, I believe it will get better and better in the future!"
Raising his wine glass, Xu Yifan touched it with several R&D personnel.
After taking a sip of beer, he said a little embarrassedly.
"By the way, regarding this New Year's leave, I have a gracious request."
Guessing that there might not be a holiday, everyone looked hesitant.
Lu Jingping took a sip of beer and smiled: "Boss Xu, just tell me what the arrangement is, I believe you will never treat us badly!"
After hesitating for a moment, I remembered how we usually get along with each other. This boss had considered everything. Everyone felt relieved and asked directly.
"Yes, yes!"
"If you have anything to say, just say it, we are not outsiders!"
With a sigh, Xu Yifan continued to talk to everyone.
"Everyone already knows the current situation of our factory."
"What I want to say is that today's situation is like a raging fire cooking oil. It looks prosperous, but it is just false prosperity and can easily be destroyed."
"Our factory is about to face a huge crisis!"
"Nowadays, our product Jiuzhou Mini does not have its own core technology, and the factory is just a small factory with little reputation."
“Nowadays, Jiuzhou Mini is just a local enterprise in a fifth-tier small city, except for local people who have heard of this brand.
Looking at the scope of this province and the whole country, Jiuzhou is only a very small local enterprise with no reputation at all. "
Several R&D personnel listened quietly, Xu Yifan drank a sip of beer by himself, and continued.
"Our factory can be what it is now. Firstly, our products are relatively conscientious. Secondly, we have found a blank market."
“But the market is too big, and it is not something that our small factory with insufficient production capacity and lack of reputation can fully absorb.
Next year, as our shipments increase, large car companies will definitely take a fancy to our market.
By then, if a big car brand wants to compete in this market, we will not have any competitive advantage!
The first point is that we have no visibility. If a certain automobile manufacturing brand also enters this field.
When consumers choose a company they have never heard of, a domestic brand or even a joint venture brand, they will definitely trust the brand they have heard of before.
This is the first point and the second point.
We have too few stores. We only have one in this city. How can we compare with those big car companies that have 4S stores all over the country?
In just a few months, they can put cars similar to our Kyushu Mini for sale in brand stores across the country.
At that time, the entire blank market will be quickly eroded! "
"The joint venture may not come, but domestic brands will definitely come, such as those brands that cannot sell many cars a year, Shuanghuan Motors, Hafei Motors, Lifan Motors, even Chery, BYD, etc.!"
According to Xu Yifan's description, several researchers thought for a while and it seemed that this was indeed the case. The Jiuzhou Automobile Factory was in danger!
Several R&D personnel present here sighed.
"It turns out our factory is so dangerous, I've always been optimistic about it."
"I also think our factory is very profitable. I even want to buy a Kyushu mini and drive it. It's good to drive around the city when I have nothing to do."
"The car needs of the elderly."
"A blank market is like a big cake. It's fine if no one has discovered it before. Now that it has been discovered, competitors will definitely be introduced."
After several R&D staff sighed, it was Lu Jingping who asked: "I wonder how you would deal with it, Boss Xu?"
Since Xu Yifan can know the problem himself, there must be a solution. Everyone is engaged in research and development, not economics or sales!
Xu Yifan replied after tasting the braised prawns made by the chef. It tasted pretty good.
“This all depends on you, the Jiuzhou factory must have its own core technology!
Let our products have advantages that other products of the same type do not have. Other car model companies will not be able to imitate the manufacturing technology in a short time. "
He stretched out his chopsticks to the braised carp, took a big bite of the meat and vegetables, and took another sip of wine before Xu Yifan continued.
“In the new energy vehicles we manufacture today, the three-electric system is the top priority.
Battery, motor, electronic control.
Lithium iron phosphate batteries can make vehicles last longer and output more power in a short time, eliminating the shortcomings of traditional batteries that are prone to aging and need to be replaced in about two years.
The motor is equivalent to the engine of a traditional car. How much horsepower the vehicle can generate and how many kilometers the top speed can be maintained are all the functions of the motor.
The electronic control system fully coordinates the transmission between battery efficiency and the motor. A good electronic control system is responsive, without any delay, and power is available at any time.
The reason why some good cars are easy to drive is largely because of their responsiveness. If you point your toes, the power will come up immediately. It is easy for people to feel that the car and the person are one, and the car can be controlled flexibly.
For some vehicles, the response is half a beat after stepping on the accelerator, or the power output fluctuates after stepping on the accelerator, which makes it difficult for people to feel good to drive! "
Drinking, eating vegetables, and cold pig ears are also good!
Xu Yifan continued to speak to several R&D staff who had stopped using their chopsticks and listened carefully to his words.
“Battery, motor, and electronic control are the three pieces of the puzzle for new energy vehicles.
As long as these three pieces of the puzzle are put together, a new energy vehicle can be created that is as good as a traditional fuel vehicle, and the technology can even go a step further to overtake ordinary fuel vehicles!
Among them, the battery is the top priority. If we have an excellent battery.
It can achieve longer cruising range, two hundred kilometers, three hundred kilometers, or even longer!
So even if some other big brand cars also enter this field, we will have the strength to compete with them! "
It wasn't until Xu Yifan finished speaking that everyone came to their senses.
"This, I understand!"
"Suddenly I feel that working overtime is not impossible!"
"Our work is so important. I thought it was just the icing on the cake. Ordinary lead-acid batteries can also be used."
"If the Jiuzhou Factory disappears, I don't know where to find a job with such a good salary and such a good boss!"
"Of course you should contribute to the company!"
Raising the bottle towards everyone, Xu Yifan took a sip of beer. "Thank you for your understanding!"
"Of course, I'm not unreasonable!"
"In this way, I think our battery research and development has basically entered the final stage. It should be completed in less than two months."
Xu Yifan asked Lu Jingping, who was in charge of the entire research and development project.
Lu Jingping thought for a moment and said solemnly: "Yes, if it's quick, it might be about a month."
"That's good. I can't let you go home and get together with your family this New Year. I'm here to give you a subsidy of 10,000 per person. If you need it, you can bring your relatives and friends over for the New Year.
In addition, when this research and development project is completed, I will give everyone a month of paid leave to make up for not being able to go home to reunite with their loved ones during the Chinese New Year! "
As soon as the solution came out, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Even if there is no compensation, everyone will do their best to share the burden for the factory, but who doesn’t want to rest and spend time with their families?
This is good. Although there is no way to go home immediately, you can make up for it later. Everyone can still understand the priority of things.
Everyone raised their cups and said solemnly.
"I will definitely do my best!"
"I knew the boss would never treat us badly!"
"Exchanging one week's vacation for one month's vacation is what we have earned!"
"Don't worry, Boss Xu. We'll go back to work after dinner later!"
Raising his hand with about a third of the beer left, Xu Yifan gestured to everyone: "Thank you for your understanding, I'll do it, feel free to do whatever you want!"
Gudong, gudong, drink it all in one gulp!
Seeing this scene, everyone also took the beer or drink in their hands.
Drink it all in one gulp!
After drinking and eating some food, Xu Yifan asked Lu Jingping next to him: "Our battery research and development is nearing the end, right? If we want to build a battery factory next, what equipment will we need?"
"Building a factory?" Lu Jingping was a little surprised.
Xu Yifan affirmed: "Yes, I think it is better to reserve some large-scale equipment and technical personnel earlier than to hurriedly purchase them when they are needed. It can save a lot of preparation time later!"
“In terms of factory construction, the lithium battery manufacturing process can be divided into the front-end process of pole piece manufacturing, the middle-end process of cell synthesis, and the back-end process of packaging.
The production goal of the front-end process is to complete the manufacturing of positive and negative electrode sheets. The main processes are: stirring, coating, rolling, slitting, film making, and die-cutting.
The equipment involved mainly includes: mixers, coating machines, roller presses, slitting machines, tableting machines, die-cutting machines, etc. . . . . "
"There are many methods for preparing LiFePO4 cathode materials, which can be roughly divided into liquid phase methods and solid phase methods.
The liquid phase method includes low-temperature synthesis methods such as co-precipitation method, hydrothermal method, sol-gel method, etc.
Solid-phase methods include high-temperature solid-phase sintering, carbothermal reduction, microwave sintering, etc., each with different advantages and disadvantages. . . . . "
Lu Jingping explained various preparation options.
Xu Yifan finally chose to use the high-temperature solid-phase method.
This method of preparing cathode materials has the advantages of simple process, easy industrialization, easy removal of decomposition products to reduce impurities, and easy control of preparation conditions.
The disadvantages are that the crystal size of the cathode material produced is larger, the phase is uneven, and the calcination time is long, etc.
After deciding on the general battery factory construction plan in the future, Xu Yifan gave Lu Jingping time to make a list of the equipment that could be confirmed and handed it over to the purchasing department to purchase the equipment.
After we finished talking about the business, we stopped drinking too much. It was time for everyone to eat food, eat food, and get ready to go back to work after dinner!
After eating with the R&D department for a while, Xu Yifan came to the dining table next to the managers of various departments.
drink!
After the family reunion dinner, it’s time for everyone to take a vacation, work, and work for the next week!
