Technological Hegemony

Not long after, Luo Jia received a call from President Ren of Huawei. He said with a smile, "Now our treatment is finally the same. In the past, we and ZTE were besieged by the whole world, and now we have to add your names. It's not surprising. , Their behavior style has always been the same, you are not the first to be targeted, and you will not be the last."

Putting down the phone, Luo Jia was in a very calm mood. He was not surprised by this. A nation that has not shed blood for survival is not enough to stand proudly in the world. Similarly, a company that has not experienced brutal commercial wars is not qualified to be called For a real giant, since the opponent wants to fight, let's fight. The word fear does not exist in the dictionary of the tough guys.

An Ran looked at Luo Jia and said, "On the afternoon of July 20th in Tokyo, there will be a new product launch conference held by the four giants in the overseas battery industry. Panasonic, Sony, General Electric, and Siemens will release world-leading battery products.

"This is probably the second step of the global siege plan. Panasonic and Sony have always been the giants in the battery industry, while General Electric and Siemens, representing North America and Germany, divided up the battery patents and factories of Samsung and LG. In addition, they also Established several super-large factories in their own country.”

Luo Jia nodded lightly, "In the past year, we have been desperately expanding our production capacity. We have been working hard to prepare for the final decisive battle. After all, thousands of 18650 lithium batteries need to be installed on each electric vehicle. If it’s not enough, electric cars won’t be able to be mass-produced.”

"Panasonic chose to make a move at this time, and it should be ready to deal with our battery products. Although I don't know how they will solve the cost problem, it is clear that they are prepared."

"Then what should we do? Also prepare a press conference and give them back?" An Ran asked.

Luo Jia smiled, "Of course they will go back. Since they like to release new products so much, then we will release one too."

"The hardware department has been holding back for so long, just waiting for this sentence!" An Ran laughed loudly, and said excitedly: "I'm going to ask Li Moran to go to the reserve together and move our nuclear weapons out!"

Luo Jia thought for a while, then stood up and said, "Let me go with you."

 …

The fourth basement floor of the Star Research Institute is a place called a reserve.

Colleagues from the security department are stationed here all the year round, and to open the door, at least two of the three CEOs of Star Technology, Luo Jia, An Ran, and Li Moran, must be present at the same time.

Luo Jia and An Ran took the special elevator down to the reserve, and after greeting their colleagues in the security department, they stood opposite the iris scanner. Two red rays shot out and hit their pupils.

Immediately after the identity verification was passed, the heavy alloy door opened to both sides.

There are still a lot of things in the reserve, which are placed on alloy shelves as tall as a person. Among them are not only successfully finalized technological products, but also many prototypes.

"Every time I come here, I feel emotional. Look at the sensors made by the optical department. We made hundreds of prototypes at the beginning, and finally selected the micro-curved surface sensors for mass production. Whenever I see them, It’s like going back to those sleepless nights.” An Ran pointed to the countless sensor modules on the shelf and said with emotion.

Luo Jia nodded, "Yes, the existence of the reserve is not to show off the technical strength, but to remind us of the difficulty of scientific research."

While chatting, the two came to the shelf where the prototype batteries were placed. Each prototype battery was packed in a transparent plastic box, and each box contained about seventy or eighty batteries.

Luo Jia tapped lightly on one of the plastic boxes, "Well, this is the box."

An Ran took it off the shelf, went to the long table in the center of the reserve, opened the box, took out one after another silver cylindrical batteries from inside, and carefully observed it with the help of the light.

It seems that they are not different from the 18650 lithium batteries mass-produced by Xingchen Technology, but Luo Jia and An Ran are very clear about the secrets hidden in these batteries.

Luo Jia weighed the battery in his hand, then put it back into the box, and said to An Ran, "Originally, I planned to wait until the new energy comes to market before taking this thing out. After all, if you want to use electric vehicles on a large scale, you must first have Enough power."

"The most suitable time is next year, because by next year, our power generation array will be able to supply energy for the whole society on a large scale, and it is still a bit early."

An Ran ignored Luo Jia's rhetoric, excitedly picked up the plastic box and walked outside, muttering in his mouth: "The opponent has already hit the door, so who cares, let's talk after we finish."

 …

Not long after, the box was placed in the middle of the high-level conference room. Ji Ming took out a battery from the box, sighed deeply and said: "Hey, these little things have finally been moved out of the reserve, no Easy, we spent so many brain cells for these little things."

An Ran smiled, "We did put a lot of effort into batteries last year, but everything was worth it, because we not only produced high-performance lithium cobalt oxide batteries, but also stocked ourselves with nuclear-bomb-level key technologies."

"Without these little things, we would have panicked in the face of encirclement and suppression today. However, we have reserves and strong technical reserves! So not only would we not panic today, but we would immediately respond when the opponent launched an attack. Fight back!"

Everyone nodded and agreed with An Ran's words.

What does technical reserve mean?

Some technologies have actually been researched, but due to market and cost considerations, they will not be mass-produced for the time being, but will be released after all conditions are mature, which is equivalent to a hidden killer.

Dr. Lingfeng, an electrical expert, nodded slightly and said: "As long as the existence of a technology giant exists, almost all of them have a large amount of technical reserves. Take the memory chip giant Samsung as an example. This Korean company is like an unbeatable Xiaoqiang. After destroying the mobile phone, optics, display, and battery, Samsung is still alive, and it is still alive and well, because they have a strong technical reserve in the storage field.”

"In order to solve the problem of memory chips, my country has established four major companies, Jinhua, Ziguang, Changjiang, and Changxin, which have injected tens of billions of dollars. However, so far, the four major memory companies in my country have still been unable to challenge Samsung's dominance. When we were still researching 32-layer NAND, Samsung had already started to mass-produce the fifth-generation NAND, that is, 96-layer 3D products, and it is said that their technical reserves have reached 256 layers, which is really crazy.”

When it comes to the field of memory chips, everyone can't help but sigh. The biggest technological gap between my country and the world is probably the semiconductor industry, with a gap of more than ten or twenty years.

An Ran cheered up and said: "I will leave the future to be resolved later. Today, we need to keep the achievements in the field of new energy first."

"Panasonic will release a new type of battery tomorrow. Let's let them sit on the world's No. 1 throne for 24 hours, and then drive them down!"

Everyone nodded and agreed with An Ran's opinion, but Luo Jia seemed to have a different opinion.

While thinking, Luo Jia said lightly, "What time did they announce?"

"Beijing time, four o'clock in the afternoon." An Ran said.

"Then let's go at five o'clock in the afternoon. Twenty-four hours is too long. Give them an hour to show their faces." Luo Jia said.