Rebirth 09: Synthetic Male God

Chapter 1002 The Powerful Blood of Manufacturing

After the promotional video was played, there was a lot of discussion in the audience.

"2000 kilometers? What does that mean?"

"What does that mean? Forget 2000 kilometers. Even 1500 kilometers is enough to drive from Shanghai to Xianyang! And it's pure electric. It must be labeled wrong. Alas, domestic car companies have made another low-level mistake."

It is true that in the new era everyone has sufficient confidence in Chinese technology, but this halo has not yet benefited the automotive industry.

If you say that China has the best airplanes, rockets, chips, and cell phones, they will believe it. But if you say the best cars...
There's nothing wrong with this, just like the Chinese team swept the globe in the Rio Olympics and has become the world's number one sports power. We are really awesome, right?
But you said our men's football team is also awesome, so you should go to the hospital.

Domestic cars can be regarded as the balancer of the country's destiny, the kind that carry the heavy load and move forward.

Before this, the most famous domestic civilian car brand was called Wuling, and it became popular because of its many memes.

Zhou Rui whispered to Gan Yuan, "China is the world's largest automobile market. The total size of the front-end industry (manufacturing) and the back-end industry (repair and maintenance of used cars) is close to 3 trillion yuan. It's a pity that all of it is occupied by joint ventures and foreign-funded cars. To put it bluntly, it feeds several countries."

"Of course, China is not without benefits in terms of industrial chain construction and profit distribution, but if there is a choice, it is natural to support its own children. BYD and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology made an exchange, opening up its supply chain to other domestic independent brands in exchange for more policy and subsidy support."

"The boatman fired the first shot, and then everything started to happen again."

Gan Yuan nodded and said, "It's a good move. What they need is not a brand, but the autonomy of the entire industry chain."

"It also has something to do with the vision of the boatman. He is indeed a man of courage and passion. People with a technical background are naturally inclined to do 'long-term' management."

Because working in technology, one cannot avoid the process of "research and development, verification, revision, and re-research and development."

Unless the player is cheating
My thoughts drifted away briefly, the press conference was still going on.

The boatman was explaining the exterior design of the car, but everyone's attention had completely shifted to its "range".

Someone even shouted from the audience: "Mr. Wang! The range is wrong!"

It was so persistent that it was more like a provocation than a reminder. He shouted it seven or eight times!

The boatman was very depressed.

Some car company executives below sneered, business wars are always so plain and simple, and many media and self-media were invited to this press conference.

Guess how many of them were raised by them?

Finally, when talking about the power system, the boatman breathed a sigh of relief.

If I can't convince you, then I'll let someone really awesome come over!

"I know many friends are confused about our range, because the current maximum mileage of electric vehicles is only 300 kilometers, why can we achieve 1500 or 2000 kilometers?"

"This is thanks to a technological breakthrough that could change the world. It will completely overturn the battery industry. However, I don't have a deep understanding of batteries, so today I am honored to have invited another professional to announce this news to you."

"Please welcome Mr. Zhou Rui, Chairman of Furui Group, Academician of both the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering."

Below, those joint venture and foreign-funded car companies that had sneered just now suddenly felt a pang in their hearts.

Are you serious?! Is it really 1500 kilometers?

Are there nuclear-powered cows and horses in your car?
A real blockbuster is about to debut, which is far more important than a new domestically produced car model.

Zhou Rui and Gan Yuan looked at each other, stood up, straightened their collars, and walked onto the stage.

The entire venue gasped.

Master Zhou is also coming on stage?

Oh my god! This is definitely the biggest surprise of the conference!

Zhou Rui exchanged glances with the boatman and pulled him up to talk for a while, as the boatman had repeatedly requested him to do.

It is extremely difficult for domestic cars to establish a good reputation. It is far from enough to rely solely on him and Bytti.

We also need Master Zhou to have boundless magical power and great fortune!
Originally, this segment was to be given by Fan Zusong, the actual developer, but it was finally changed to Zhou Rui.

After all, he holds 51% of the lithium-sulfur battery project, so let him say a few words.
Zhou Rui walked to the center of the stage and started singing loudly.

With a snap of his fingers, a thin stream of metal climbed out from the collar and finally formed the shape of an ear-hook microphone next to the right ear.

From a distance, it looks like a creation out of thin air.

There was a brief silence in the venue. The first reaction was: WTF, this is too much!

Second reaction: But he is really awesome!

Then there was a huge cheer.

"Master Zhou is awesome!"

"Master! Master! Master! Master!"

Even Gan Yuan was covering her mouth and shouting secretly in the audience, with a look of excitement on her face, her voice almost breaking, which surprised Jia Xingjian who was standing next to her.

Wow, you are this kind of Mr. Gan? Is there any "hidden personality" that I haven't analyzed yet?
The boatman stood in the corner of the stage, shaking his head and laughing at himself. The contrast between before and after was too great.
Just now when I was on the stage, I felt that I was faced with all kinds of doubts. Now it’s Zhou Xiaozhu’s turn, and it’s a direct fan meeting.
However, it also shows that asking Zhou Ruilai to announce the lithium-sulfur battery was the right choice.

Zhou Rui walked up to the red Han and patted the roof with admiration: "It's a very nice car. I'll tell you a secret. I've already ordered 20 of them."

With just one sentence, all the previous disadvantages were reversed.

He is very good at it.

Cheers broke out again in the arena. Even though they didn't know what they were cheering for, they were so excited to see Master Zhou come on stage.

Zhou Rui held his hands and waited until the venue was quiet before saying:

"Thank you for the invitation, Mr. Wang. I am here as a guest star because there is an important component in this car and I am fortunate to be involved in it."

"Yes, that's the battery."

“When Mr. Wang opened his speech just now, he said that cars are the blood of industrial society. Then batteries should be the blood of all terminal products.”

"After nearly ten months of unremitting efforts, we have found a powerful enough, brand new blood-lithium-sulfur battery!"

The first reaction of the car company executives below was: How long will it last?

Second reaction: lithium-sulfur?
This is by no means a strange name. The concept has been proposed for at least 40 years. The theoretical energy density and specific capacity are 10 times that of current batteries, and may be 40 times that of 50 years ago.

Perfect data on paper attracted many people to enter this track, but forty years later this bottomless pit still has not been filled, and most people have given up.

Just as Zhou Rui expected, any company that invests in batteries will not be unfamiliar with lithium-sulfur batteries, and many of them have accumulated experience in this field for many years.

It just accumulates loneliness.

After today, I will probably go back like crazy and search through boxes and drawers for old information.

Unfortunately, the preparations for the launch of lithium-sulfur batteries have been completely completed, and what they will face are towering technical barriers.

Zhou Rui continued: "The specific capacity is 897mAh/g, and the specific energy is 1900Wh/kg. The comprehensive performance is more than five times that of the most advanced lithium cobalt oxide battery. It is also cleaner and safer. However, this is still not the limit of lithium-sulfur batteries. We are still developing it."

Someone suddenly shouted, "Master, this is laboratory data, right? It's not good to show it to others, right?"

Zhou Rui locked onto the other party's position at a glance. It was the one who had been disturbing the boatman just now.

This guy is very cunning. He shouts secretly every time and changes positions. The field control can't find him even if he wants to manage him.

Now it's his turn to play, and he dares to interrupt like this.

I collected a lot of money!

But this was exactly what Zhou Rui wanted.

Pointing at the man, he said, “No, we have already mass-produced it.”

The outstretched palm did not fall. After a while, a drone flew over from outside the field and landed in his palm.

In front of everyone, Zhou Rui directly opened the battery cover and took out a highly finished purple battery.

Then he held it up in front of everyone and said:
"From automotive batteries to small and medium-sized drone batteries, we already have two product lines. Kaiming Intelligent's next-generation products will fully apply lithium-sulfur batteries, and Taiyi Tiangong's production and manufacturing will also begin to explore the application of lithium-sulfur batteries in aerospace."

Looking at the medicine box-sized battery in Master Zhou's hand, many people felt that the market was about to change.

It’s not just the 3 trillion automobile market
Zhou Rui smiled slightly:
"This Han can fly all the way from Shanghai to Xianyang, and this drone in my hand can also fly all the way from here to Suzhou. Ladies and gentlemen, lithium-sulfur batteries will change a lot."

"Lithium-sulfur batteries will not be exclusive to BYD or Kaiming Intelligent. We will empower the entire terminal manufacturing industry and provide fresh and powerful blood for Made in China."

(End of this chapter)