"Yep…"
"..."
"There's nothing wrong with the factory. It's just that there's something missing...what? Do you want to come and take a look? Don't...that's fine. Come back later? We'll wait for you here..."
Chen Jianjun actually didn't want Chen Zifan to come, he just wanted him to collect some money. As a result, Wu Xiaohong's eyes looked as if he wanted to kill someone. As a last resort, he had to quickly change his words and confirm the location.
After hanging up the phone, Wu Xiaohong had a seizure:
"Come on, please tell me carefully. Is this the motor factory you built? It's just a shabby place, and you spent nearly half of our money on this lousy machine?"
Chen Jianjun, who knew he was in the wrong, could not refute it. As the saying goes, if you often walk by the river, your shoes will not get wet. Motorcycles and electric vehicles look very similar, but their internal structures are completely different.
Chen Jianjun didn't know enough about batteries and motors, and the most important point was that there were too few serious motor factories in China. If you were to look for them, you could only find such shabby factories.
"Okay, let's wait for Xiaofan to come..."
"well…"
——
Stardust Technology.
After Chen Zifan assigned some work tasks to Zhao Wushang, he drove his domestic Dandan car all the way from Zhongcheng District to Haibei District. After taking several wrong roads, he finally found his parents.
"I miss the days when I had navigation..."
I was used to using map navigation in the era of smartphones, but now I really didn’t dare to drive around when I didn’t know where I was going out. After a little understanding of the situation, Chen Zifan understood what was going on between them.
"Oh, Dad, you want to make an electric car and then set up a motor factory... But then again, why don't you just buy the parts and assemble the finished product?"
When it comes to this, Chen Jianjun is very depressed: "I think, I can't get in the spare parts. There is no one in Haicheng that specializes in selling motors."
If you have one, don't sell it to him. The cost of electric vehicles is not low these days, because the cost of batteries and motors is high, and serious batteries and motors are controlled by some companies with high carbon emissions.
Most of the purposes are for welfare. China has not yet implemented carbon credit standards, and few companies are interested in products such as electric vehicles and new energy vehicles, let alone mass production and launch.
A team that Chen Zifan is familiar with that is researching power batteries behind closed doors currently has very limited results. Their main focus is lithium iron phosphate batteries, which is also the product that changed BYD's destiny.
The lithium batteries currently produced by Stardust Technology are closer to the later ternary lithium batteries in terms of raw materials and energy density, but are different. For example, they are less dependent on cobalt, but they are not cobalt-free.
The reason is that the level of lv.10 copycat lithium batteries is too low. It cannot reach the level of later new ternary lithium batteries, blade batteries, and cobalt-free batteries, and it is still far from solid-state batteries.
Chen Zifan thought carefully and observed the surrounding environment. He found that there were many factories in this area, and the motor factory that Chen Jianjun took over was just one of them. Then he said:
"I'll take care of the motors and batteries, but I need to know more about this factory. If the price is right, it's best to contract one. I'll help you register a company and you can do it.
I'll get you some electric vehicle design drawings in a few days, and you can figure out the rest. But dad, what's the point of just running a factory and assembling electric vehicles? Why not do something big? "
Chen Jianjun: "???"
Wait, he didn't realize it, so he doesn't have to worry about the motor and battery? Also get some electric car design drawings? How many are some? Do something big? What does it mean to be big? How big can it be?
"Ahem, Xiaofan, it's not that I don't believe you. Let's just set up a small factory to make some money. The rest is a bit of a hassle..." Before Chen Jianjun could finish his words, Chen Zifan interrupted him:
"Don't worry, you will be responsible for selling electric cars and so on. It will be very easy. You don't have to worry too much about the rest. I think that besides electric cars, we can also do something else.
Like electric cars? An electric car with a compact and exquisite appearance, affordable price, and suitable for urban household transportation? It’s the same as the Dandan car I’m driving, but it’s positioned differently, do you understand? "
Chen Zifan thought of a model that later became popular all over the country: Wuling Hongguang MINI EV. The initial starting price was only 28,800 to 38,800, which was extremely lethal to people with lower budgets.
However, with the current Stardust technology alone, it is still very difficult to create a product that is comparable to or even better than Wuling MINI. Moreover, they currently do not have a power battery production line or other accessories.
Chen Jianjun and Wu Xiaohong were dumbfounded. What? electric car? what is that?
“Can cars also be electric?”
"Are you sure this isn't a toy? What if it runs out of battery while running? There's no place to charge it!"
"That's right, that's right, we just need to sell electric cars. Let's not think about cars or anything like that..."
Chen Zifan: "..."
Sure enough, he was still too hasty, and the foundation had not yet been laid. It was too risky to rush into the automobile market. Moreover, even if the foundation was laid in the future, it would not be suitable to leave it to his parents. He would have to lead the team by himself.
"It's okay. You go back and rest first. Just wait for my news. I'll let you know when I'm done."
"Hey~ wait!"
Seeing that Chen Zifan was about to withdraw, Chen Jianjun stopped him again and said with some embarrassment: "Well, can the company be called Xinghua?"
Chen Zifan: "???"
"This is the company you helped me set up. Can it be called Xinghua? Xing is the star of Xingchen, and Hua is the Hua of China. This is my only request."
"..."
Maybe it's Xinghua and Chen Jianjun's obsession. Chen Zifan doesn't have any objections. Be it Xinghua or Xinghua, how could he not agree?
Also, since when did his parents have any requests that required such a tone?
"No problem, one month. I'll take care of the factory and company for you in one month. Just take a break for this month. If you run out of money, ask me for it."
"Okay, you get busy first!"
"okay!"
Chen Zifan drove his Dandan car back to Stardust Technology. Why didn't he send his parents as a gift? Chen Jianjun drives a station wagon version of Santana, which is much better than his Dandan car. As for why he doesn’t drive it...
First, he was too lazy to change cars, and second, he was too tall and drove a Santana, which affected his vision.
He has no idea of buying a new car. He rarely drives, unless one day he builds his own car. Most of the senior executives of Stardust Technology drive Passat, which seems to have always been a magic car~
The most painful thing at this time should be Zhao Wushang. He had just solved part of the work and was assigned a new job by Chen Zifan. The most important thing was that this was still something that old Director Chen had to do, and he couldn't refuse it yet.
"Dr. Chen, please share it with me. I can't take it anymore. There's too much work..."
Chen Zifan looked at the bitter Zhao Wushang and asked with some confusion: "Aren't you the CEO? Why don't you promote a few of them yourself?"
Zhao Wushang: "???"
MD! I have been doing it myself for so long that I forgot that I am also a leader! There aren't many people in Stardust Technology, but it's no problem to promote a few to help him. The most important thing is that he didn't realize it before!
Chen Zifan was also a little confused. He always thought that every time he gave Zhao Wushang work, Zhao Wushang would assign part of it to his employees. Who would have thought that the dignified CEO of Stardust would actually do all the work himself?
At the same time, he also realized that Stardust Technology needed to expand its employees. He still needed to confirm the specific number of employees, positions, and requirements. He also needed to prepare a plan for Stardust Network/Express.
Several tasks were carried out simultaneously. After three busy days, Chen Zifan finally handed over the Stardust Network/Express delivery plan to Zhao Wushang. At the same time, he also discovered that Zhao Wushang had two more followers.
Both are female assistants, estimated to be between 28 and 32 years old. They are well-maintained, their makeup is exquisite, their plump figures have a mature charm, and they also reveal a hint of competence in their words and deeds...
"Well done to you, old Zhao!!!"
Chen Zifan was a little confused, and the way he looked at Zhao Wushang changed. The latter also noticed the look in his eyes, and quickly explained: "Little Director Chen, you misunderstood, they are my assistants."
"...I know! What did I misunderstand? Okay, this is the plan for Stardust Network and Stardust Express. It is basically no problem to follow this structure. Stardust Express will be left to you.
Then notify the Human Resources Department that we need to expand our recruitment to 50 people for Stardust Express, 100 people for Stardust Network, and 300 people for Stardust headquarters and factories. The headquarters and Stardust Network must follow my requirements! "
"I see!"
This means that the requirements for employees recruited by Stardust Express and factories can be introduced by existing employees, or no more than half of them are required, while employees recruited by Stardust Network and headquarters must be strict.
Zhao Wushang is a very decent person and would probably not do anything out of the ordinary. Moreover, the female assistant may not necessarily have poor working ability. The human resources department also has a sense of propriety and knows what not to do.
Stardust Network's recruitment requirements are the most stringent, and will be personally checked by Chen Zifan. At the same time, the salary and benefits are also the highest, and you need to pass a very difficult written test and a very strict interview.
Various confidentiality agreements also need to be signed, but as long as the agreement is not violated, it will not have any impact on the employees themselves. In addition to regular recruitment, Chen Zifan also tried something different.
He also sent invitation letters through the Human Resources Department to the main engineers in the technical departments of nine companies, including Bird, Meizu, Huawei, Lenovo, and Newman, directly and openly exploiting their corners.
Not only did they offer a higher salary, but they also expressed their willingness to help them pay liquidated damages... Some people were dismissive of this, some pretended not to see it, and some were moved, but they were worried that Stardust Technology would have no future...
Only Boss Huang of Meizu was so angry that he scolded his mother: "You Stardust Technology! You poach people on my head! That's too much! Besides, you are so far away from Haicheng, why are you poaching our Zhucheng engineers?"
There is nothing wrong with simply poaching people. The key is that an engineer from the technical department has already asked him to resign! Or his two main engineers, who can bear this! At this moment, he wished he could go straight to Haicheng!
If Chen Zifan knew that he had offended Boss Huang at this time, he would definitely cry out for injustice. He just heard that Meizu engineers were very capable and easy to dig, so he sent an invitation letter to give it a try...
Who would have thought it would be so easy to succeed?
Apart from Meizu, the best people to recruit are Bird engineers. There is no way around it. Bird advertises aggressively, but its R&D investment is only one-fifth. Some engineers have long been unwilling to stay.
Little money, heavy tasks...
Stardust Technology's salary was so high that engineers from Lenovo and Huawei looked down upon it. However, Bird's engineers expressed that they needed it, so they immediately contacted the HR department of Stardust Technology and prepared to change jobs.
In contrast, Bird's boss Xu was much calmer. The main engineer in the technical department resigned, but Bird's top management didn't react much because technology research and development has never been taken seriously by them.
After a symbolic attempt to persuade them to stay, three main engineers from Waveguide and two from Meizu set out on their way to Haicheng. The Stardust Technology Human Resources Department also reported the news to Chen Zifan.
