After a thousand years of trading, start a million barrels of oil

Chapter 129 The layout that started a long time ago (44, asking for a monthly pass)

David looked at the old man and smiled: "Do you remember that Bangzi came to invest with us not long ago, how did we squeeze their wool?"

The old man nodded. It happened around March 2022, 3.

The three major battery manufacturers in Bangzi Country, LG New Energy, SK On, and Samsung SDI, were required to "share core technical information" during their investment in the United States.

Specifically, during the negotiation with General Motors, GM asked for experimental data related to battery output directly related to stability, on the grounds that "in order to confirm the safety of the battery."

SK On was asked by Ford to share technology related to battery density, and Samsung is also facing a similar situation.

Of course the old man knows this, and he did a good job. The son has skills, so he naturally wants to contribute to his father. Aren't the oriental people the most filial piety?

"What's the relationship with Panasonic? They haven't come to invest in us recently." The old man asked.

David smiled: "But the island countries have demands. Don't they keep clamoring for permanent membership? Then we will use this as a bargaining chip. As long as we share the technology with us, we will promise to support them."

The old man frowned: "How could it be possible to support it, Wuchang was the victorious country back then, and they all made huge sacrifices and outstanding contributions.

Of course, our focus here is on contribution, and the main sacrifice is Pearl Harbor.

But the island country is on the opposite side, so how could it allow him to enter. "

David smiled: "Don't we still support Ah San's entry? Is he really involved?"

"Oh?" The old man suddenly felt a little interesting. Ah San kept clamoring to be admitted, but every time one of the five permanent members exercised a veto, preventing him from entering.

Sometimes all 5 votes are passed due to accidental failure to negotiate. Everyone in Wuchang said that the last vote was not counted, and they voted again, but there happened to be one negative vote, which caused it to fail again.

"What do you mean?" The old man looked at David.

David said with a smile: "It doesn't matter if you support him a few times, as long as other countries just don't agree."

The old man nodded with a smile, a little bit interesting, if you get Panasonic's technology, according to what David said, the breakthrough is imminent.

Combining the advantages of the two, I am afraid that it will not be long before the real high-energy-density battery can be first introduced to the market by Yingjiang and win the victory in the new energy battlefield.

"But I'm still a little worried." The old man thought for a while and said, "Every time Huaxia surprises you, if we put all our treasures on the new battery technology with a weight of four grams, in case If this happens again, won't we completely lose the new energy war?
No, more insurance should be added, and it is best to take the initiative to attack. "

David recognized the caution of the old man, and the two defeats scared him too.

But he was actually prepared, and said, "William, do you remember the documents I showed you earlier?"

"You mean those equity shares?" William remembered that at the earliest time, David reported to him at work, took out a stack of documents and put them on his desk, which was a pile of equity books.

David replied, "Good."

What David held in his hand was the direct or indirect holding book of the world's major lithium resource companies.

Lithium resources are very scarce on the earth. According to the statistics of the US Geological Survey, there are currently about 4846 million tons of lithium resources in the global village except seawater.Mainly distributed in Chile, Bolivia, Argentina, the United States and China, accounting for about 86% of the total.

China's reserves rank fifth in the world, mainly salt lake brine, about 510 million tons, accounting for 10.52%.

In terms of distribution, China should not be short of lithium, but in terms of the industrial chain, kangaroos and macaws still cannot be avoided.

From the perspective of reserves alone, kangaroos and macaws have very little lithium reserves, which together only account for 3.55%.But it is dominated by spodumene.

Spodumene is the main raw material for the production of battery-grade lithium carbonate, and it is irreplaceable in the field of high-end electric vehicles.

At present, there are a total of 8 high-grade spodumene refined lithium mines in production in the world, and there are only a handful of them.

The total production capacity of the eight mines is 8 million tons, and the Kangaroo family has taken up 269.5 million tons, accounting for 239%.

And what David took was Eagle Sauce, through direct acquisitions from the primary market and secondary market, including indirect acquisitions and controlling the shares of its shareholders, as well as through economic and non-economic means, low-level bottom-hunting, and a series of methods over the years. , Obtained the vast majority of shares in the Kangaroo Home Spodumene Mine.

Including other major spodumene mines around the world, even if they do not have direct holdings, they are also controlled through various means.

What David did in advance was to connect, activate and activate all the previous layouts, so as to achieve complete control and grasp of global lithium ore resources.

David went on to say: "Whether it is lithium iron phosphate or ternary lithium or other batteries, as long as they are used in electric vehicles, they cannot bypass the element lithium.

And as long as we have mastered the global lithium resources, no matter how powerful the technology they develop, without raw materials, it is impossible to form any competition with us.

Don't they have a saying in Huaxia called 'a clever woman can't cook without rice', this is their seven inches. "

Among all available elements, the energy density of lithium storage is the highest, so that it can store more electricity in a small volume, especially suitable for small-sized electrical products such as mobile phones, computers, and electric vehicles. Comes up as a battery because it saves space.

In fact, it is also the main material for the negative electrode of small-volume power batteries, not one of them.

This is determined by the periodic table of elements. As long as the battery is still on the path of materials science, it is almost difficult to avoid it.

Including its congener element sodium, because sodium ions are larger than lithium ions, their power storage capacity is still far smaller than that of lithium ions, so at least in small-volume items such as mobile phones and cars, compared with lithium-ion batteries, they are still Not enough.

Therefore, David's judgment is completely fine, and Eagle Sauce has gradually started planning more than ten years in advance.

The old man agrees with David's strategy. I can't get you stuck in the development of this kind of thing, so I will use my hegemonic advantage to cut you off at the source, which is reasonable.

But he still has doubts, saying: "Not long ago, we started with resources and wanted to snipe their nickel futures so that they would hand over control of the Indo nickel mine.

But it turned out that they did not know where to get 8 tons, no, it seems that they sold 8 tons later, that is 16 tons, they suddenly made 16 tons of pure nickel out of thin air, and let our The plan went bankrupt and he lost a fortune.

This time it's for resources again, how do you know they won't conjure up a lot of lithium resources out of thin air this time, making our plan fall through again? "

David smiled and said: "The two are different. The last time they were attacked was a short-term financial act. If they have reserves in places they don't know, it is indeed possible to catch us by surprise.

But this time it's spodumene. They can't cover a big mine with cloth.

And the amount is not tens of thousands of tons last time, at least several million tons or even tens of millions of tons of lithium ore are needed to support their subsequent large-scale manufacturing. It is impossible for any country in the world to store millions of tons in warehouses. lithium ore.

In this case, the proven spodumene deposits are the only way to obtain a large amount of lithium resources, and we have already mastered this source, so there is no need to worry about where they can change millions of tons of lithium resources from. "

The old man finally showed a smile. Indeed, he couldn't find a reason to refute David's words. I have pinched the source of the chicken for you to make fried chicken. Do you fry the batter?

A few days later, Panasonic received a communication from officials from the island country, mentioning the proposal to transfer part of the core technology of new energy batteries.

Naturally, Matsushita would not do it. Although the Dao Nation chaebol did not have the power to control the government because it was dismantled by Yingjiang, the revolving door of the island country still has reasons for the chaebol to move behind.

So suddenly let a chaebol transfer the core technology, even if it is an official, they will not do it and they will not be afraid.

But soon, Panasonic received news that Eagle Sauce began to use a variety of means such as direct use of global assets and plans to sanction it.

Panasonic panicked, he was not afraid of the official, but he was really afraid of Yingjiang's father.

After being compensated by other interests promised by Eagle Sauce, Panasonic reluctantly sold some of its core technologies of its world-leading all-solid-state batteries. This can at least keep its global market and other technologies, which is the best choice in desperation. up.

After obtaining this part of the technology, the research and development of a new generation of high-energy-density batteries has also quickly entered the fast lane.

Jiang Fan was in the office of the research institute that day, and all the work was arranged for the professors and researchers below. Apart from answering their questions occasionally, he didn't have much to do by himself.

Suddenly the phone rang, and it was Zhang Feng who called, and connected: "Hey, Brother Feng, what do you want from me?"

"I can't find you if I have nothing to do. Are you busy recently?" Apart from sometimes bringing the words conveyed from above, Zhang Feng would often go to Jiang Fan to brag, talk about the old days, and maintain the relationship between friends.

"It's okay, it's all done by researchers. I have nothing to do here these two days." Jiang Fan hadn't seen Zhang Feng for a long time. He was the one who brought him up at the beginning. He was a nice guy, so we just happened to chat.

"Congratulations, Biyadi's new seal is using the battery developed by your research institute. I also went to the 4S shop to see it. There are many people, and the performance is good." Zhang Feng laughed.

Jiang Fan also smiled and said, "Not bad, judging from the performance report given to me by the sales side, on the basis of the original, we have won an additional 30% of the market share of our main foreign competitors.

Moreover, according to the public opinion survey, after this positive confrontation, many people in China have a great change in their understanding of domestic car brands that are not as good as foreign brands. "

Zhang Feng also thinks this result is very good. You know, this is the result after the opponent has just released a new product with a substantial increase in battery life.

"Well, I also plan to buy an electric car to drive recently, and then I will buy your seals." Zhang Feng laughed.

Jiang Fan: "Okay, Brother Feng, if you want to buy it, tell me, and I will ask the sales side to give you the cost price."

Zhang Feng: "Hahaha, good good good good"

The two chatted for a while, and Zhang Feng suddenly thought of something and asked, "By the way, how is the progress of your high-capacity-density batteries?"

Jiang Fan: "It's still in development, it will take some time."

Zhang Feng also understood the difficulty, and said: "Indeed, this is the key point, brother, do you know that what you are doing now is a matter of the same nature and level as the Belt and Road Initiative and digital soft sister coins, and the importance is not inferior to those two. One thing, you must not relax, right?"

"Oh?" Jiang Fan didn't understand a little bit. He said that it was important for him to understand, but he didn't understand when he said that he and the Belt and Road Initiative and the digital soft sister coin were of the same nature.

One of those two things is trade and the other is payment. How could it be of the same nature as the power battery I make here?

So he said to Zhang Feng: "Brother Feng, please tell me more about it."

(End of this chapter)