Great Power Technology

Chapter two

Deep city.

"It's exactly what we thought. First, island companies rushed to release batteries, and then used the price of raw material lithium to offset the negative impact of performance improvements on oil prices. What's next?"

Ye Zhou watched the news with interest and asked.

"If nothing else happens, we should start to raise oil prices, create public opinion, and start to put pressure on the Sudanese government to prepare to seize the oil fields."

As Chen Hao answered, he projected the summary of information on his pad to Ye Zhou. Above was the latest public opinion monitoring report.

Ye Zhou took a quick glance and found that the contents above were basically the same.

It’s nothing more than saying that the manufacturing cost of batteries is high, the manufacturing process is polluting, and overall it is not as environmentally friendly as fossil energy. In short, it is still the same old story. If it cannot defeat you technically, it will start to condemn you morally.

However, their public opinion offensive does not seem to have achieved good results this time, and the masses are not stupid. After being led to the rhythm again and again, most people have begun to wake up.

Compared with whether the battery is environmentally friendly or not, they are more concerned about only one issue, that is, when will our next-generation sulfur lithium battery be launched and how does its performance compare with Panasonic's 46-X.

Regarding this question, the General Technical Office did not reply directly. Instead, the technical departments of several companies forwarded the scarf and responded with a "Stay tuned."

This time, the appetite of netizens was completely whetted.

"What does "stay tuned" mean? Is there an exact time?"

"Let's announce the technical indicators first. At least it will give us a sense of confidence."

"Hurry up, hurry up! I'm in a hurry to choose a car, hurry up!"

"Upstairs, your choice of car has nothing to do with the battery. Even if the battery is solved, it will still take some time before it can be adapted to the new version of the car. Otherwise, you can just make do with it first. Several domestic new energy car companies The new models are all good.”

"The mileage is too short. I would rather not buy it if it is less than 1,000 kilometers. Hey, let's wait a little longer..."

Ye Zhou asked while clicking on the link to check public opinion feedback:

"So what preparations have not been done now? Can it be released as soon as possible? If it is delayed for too long, it will also be detrimental to our subsequent applications."

Chen Hao clicked on a page on the PAD and replied:

"The preparations for the purely technical part have been completed a long time ago, and the actions we are taking now are all countermeasures against Chou Country."

“Our fundamental goal this time is to completely break the old order in the energy field, so we can’t just issue it and be done with it.”

"At present, the preparations for the futures part are almost complete. Now we are waiting for the U.S. side to continue to raise the oil price for a period of time, and then we will go short on a large scale, which is estimated to be within a day or two."

"Over at Sudan, the first batch of trial-produced batteries have completed customs clearance. The experimental bureau will be launched immediately. We will see the results of the experimental bureau tomorrow and then start negotiations."

"The publicity work and program preparations have been basically completed. We are just waiting for the batteries to be put on the bus."

Ye Zhou nodded, paused for a moment and said:

"The day after tomorrow, no matter what, this battery must be released as soon as possible!"

"Okay, then speed up appropriately."

…

In the afternoon of that day, the General Technical Office issued an acceleration notice to all personnel related to the battery project, and all the chess pieces located around the world became active.

Iran, TOCHAL ski resort in Tehran, a man with a Chinese face was holding a glass of red wine and chatting and laughing with the Arabs opposite.

"Mohammed, my brother, I also know that our request is a bit too urgent this time, but there is no way, who makes us all face the same enemy? Believe me, as long as you can supply on time, this time the price is low The losses caused will soon be made up for in other forms.”

"Li! This is not a problem of low prices! According to the plan you mentioned, I doubt whether the oil price will be able to remain positive in a few days. After all, this has already happened once. Will we still have to pay it to you then? Money to sell you the oil?”

"So what if you give us money? What you can get in the future is far more than this... Habibie, we don't have much time. In two days at most, I need you to make a decision to increase production. "

"...Well, to be honest, I can only believe you. I will give you a satisfactory answer in two days."

"It's better to have a satisfactory answer, that would be better for both of us."

…

In the office of the general manager of WACKER Company, Lin Yang held the latest production data in his hand. In the past week, he had increased the output of the mining areas controlled by WACKER Company by nearly 30% through his absolute controlling interest.

However, judging from the current situation, this output does not seem to be enough.

Just now, he received a notice from his superiors, asking him to continue to expand the company's production capacity and accumulate the most silicon ore raw materials in the shortest time to cope with the upcoming price shock.

Price impact of silicon raw materials?

Lin Yang didn't understand what was going on, because although he could obtain some top-secret information with his authority, such information acquisition was still limited.

Fortunately, he himself didn't care about the logic behind it at all, because he knew that he was just a chess piece charging forward. On the huge chessboard of this world, the organization behind him had already placed countless chess pieces.

These chess pieces cannot and do not need to see the overall situation. They do not need to know whether they are robbing, slaying a dragon, or just taking the initiative. What they need to know is that as long as their chess piece lands, they must root.

Thinking of this, he picked up the phone on the desk next to him.

"Bourne, according to the original plan, continue to increase the production capacity of the mine. Yes, I need to increase the production capacity by another 20%."

"Don't tell me that it's impossible, I know you have a way!"

"Salary is not an issue, we can accept excess wages."

"I know your overtime hours are almost close to the standard, but the workers have no objection to this, right?"

“The current economic environment is not good, who doesn’t want to make more money?”

"Yes, I will take care of the official department. We are not taking advantage of anyone, this is just an emergency exception."

"Okay, just follow the plan! I only give you 6 hours to organize everyone!"

…

Africa, Sudan.

Li Mingchu was sitting in a reception room in the military camp. Sitting opposite him was the SPLM's top commander, Heri.

"Li, I have seen the results of the Experimental Bureau. They are very good, but this does not convince us to give you the right to operate the oil fields."

"Photovoltaics are great, but my vote alone is not enough. You know, the forces in this country are very complex..."

Li Mingchu smiled, looked directly into the other person's eyes without fear, and then said:

"Heri, you don't need to talk about these so-called excuses in front of me. You and I both know that you are the biggest manipulator in this country. As long as you want, one of your votes can have the effect of 10. "

"Tell me directly, what made you make such a gesture in front of me?"

Hearing Li Mingchu's words, Harry looked a little unhappy. He subconsciously played with the custom-made pistol thrown in front of him, and then continued:

"Li, why do you always look so arrogant? You have been like this since the day I met you, and you haven't changed a bit yet."

"I have met many businessmen, and their attitudes are much better than yours. Even businessmen from Chou Country are very polite when they see me!"

"I'm not a polite person."

Li Mingchu reached out and grabbed the pistol from Heli's hand. The guard beside him nervously tightened his weapon, but relaxed when he saw that Heli didn't respond.

He unloaded the magazine of the pistol as if nothing had happened, poured out the bullets one by one, then picked out two and pushed them in front of Herry.

"Politeness does not bring benefits. Our friendship can last for 10 years not because of politeness, but because of benefits. This is very realistic, but it is also very reliable, isn't it?"

Heli stared closely into Li Mingchu's eyes. After a long time, he smiled freely.

"Okay, what you said makes sense, but I still hope you can respect me a little more in the future - you know, I have always respected you and the people behind you."

As he spoke, he picked out two more bullets from the pile and placed them in front of him.

"I respect you already."

Li Mingchu took back one of the bullets in front of Heli. The latter shook his head, finally picked up the magazine and loaded the three bullets back.

"I'm afraid you are the only Chinese that I can do nothing about... Let's go, dinner is about to start. Today, I have specially prepared wine for you."

"I won't drink - I respect your no-alcohol rule."

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha……"

Harry laughed and put his arm around Li Mingchu's shoulders, and the two walked out of the door side by side.

…

Shanghai, a commodity futures exchange.

The mysterious man has started trading at the highest frequency. He keeps placing short orders on crude oil futures without caring about the cost.

Due to the continued rise in the price of international raw material lithium, international oil prices are also rising simultaneously. Every time he places an order, he will lose hundreds of thousands of dollars within a few minutes, but he still does not hesitate in his actions.

For his operating size, it is impossible to accurately capture that peak. Since he wants to make money, he must first learn to bear losses.

This is an extremely simple and straightforward logic.

He was proficient in using automated trading programs, but even so, his fingers had become a little sore from typing on the keyboard for a long time.

Fortunately, his transaction has entered the final stage.

The ultra-large funds have all been converted into short orders. The next thing to do is to wait quietly for that moment to come.

…

The time is 4 o'clock in the afternoon, less than a day before the release of sulfur-silicon batteries, and all the chess pieces deployed around the world have been activated, quietly waiting for that moment.

When that moment comes, it will be the time when all these chess pieces lay the first dust on the old energy order.