Starting a business was hard work.
Especially if you wanted to make a business big, you had to have a vision, be ten times more enthusiastic than your competitors, and have the courage to devote almost 20 hours of your day to work …
Even though Li Tinghui was prepared for the difficult days ahead, he didn't expect it to be this hard …
Take down all of the large and medium-sized shopping malls in Shanghai within a month. After hearing the order from the parent company's CEO, his mood could no longer be described as despair.
He hadn't had a good night's sleep in March. He was either talking to the boss of Yida Plaza or on his way to Walmart.
Even though CEO Chen could find a way to help them with Star Sky Technology, it was up to them whether or not they could make a deal.
After all, they were just a pawn in Star Sky Technology's high-tech industry plan. It would be great if they could do a good job, but if they didn't …
Maybe Academician Lu and CEO Chen wouldn't care that much.
Fortunately, up until now, his plan could barely be considered a success.
The day after the Qingming Festival.
Li Tinghui, who was sleeping in his office, felt like he was one step away from going down to celebrate.
It could even be said that if it weren't for the sudden ringing of the phone in the office, he would have suspected that he would never wake up again after falling asleep.
"Hello …?" Li Tinghui rubbed his eye bags and sat up. He cleared his throat and said, "This is the Beep Beep Charging headquarters —"
"CEO Li!" The excited shout interrupted his words. Technical Director Wang Qiang's voice continued to come through the phone line. "Our product design has been completed!"
"It's completed?!"
Hearing the voice coming from the other end of the phone, Li Tinghui, who was about to fall asleep, suddenly felt like he had been pricked by a needle, and his whole person instantly became energetic.
"You said the product is completed? Really? How long will it take to go into production?! Can it be done by the end of the month? "
Wang Qiang took a deep breath and said, "I'm not sure how long it will take to go into production, but it should be fine by the end of the month! I talked to an engineer from Zhongshan New Materials, who is helping out at the Jinling Institute for Advanced Study. Their old engineer told us that it's not difficult to produce this thing!
"Also, I heard that they are working with Star Sky Technology on lithium-air battery technology. If we let them produce the charging stations, they can solve the compatibility problem for us!
"Perfect!"
Li Tinghui excitedly stood up from his office chair. He wanted to walk around the office, but because of the phone line, he could only walk around his desk.
The charging station design was completed!
This was definitely the best news he had heard in a month!
And now, his technical director told him that not only did he complete the design work beautifully, but he also found a solution for the production of the equipment.
If it wasn't for the fact that he couldn't squeeze out extra money, Li Tinghui swore that he would give everyone in the technical team a bonus of 100,000 yuan …
He took a deep breath and calmed down. He spoke in a serious tone.
"I'll talk about the cooperation. Tomorrow … No, I'll go to Jinling in the afternoon! I'll try to get this done as soon as possible. If possible, we have to fully roll out our equipment before the end of the month! "
Wang Qiang said, "The mall cooperation … is done?"
He had heard a little about it. Before the roadshow, Boss Li had been lobbying everywhere. However, he wanted to get parking spaces in major shopping malls and persuade them to outsource the parking spaces in the form of a share of the charging revenue. This matter could not be negotiated no matter how hard he tried.
After all, the popular shopping malls were already short on parking spaces, and many shopping malls had charging stations. Even though it was wired, it was good enough. It sounds cool to have a parking space for wireless charging, but it has to be compatible with the electric cars on the market, right?
If it was a company like Tesla or BYD, there might be a chance. However, it was a startup company that no one had ever heard of. It would be a coincidence if they believed the concept of "wireless charging"!
Li Tinghui couldn't help but have a smug smile on his face. The fatigue on his face was completely replaced by confidence and enthusiasm.
"More than 80% of the large and medium-sized shopping malls in Shanghai have expressed their willingness to cooperate with us for a year or more. If the market feedback is good, they will consider outsourcing more parking spaces to us. Also, there are already 20 property developers who are willing to cooperate with us to transform public parking spaces!
"Now, everything is ready. All that's left is the crucial element!"
With an indomitable aura, he said decisively.
"Whether or not we can win this battle depends on whether or not your products can satisfy our customers!
"At least, we can't let them down!"
…
Time always flew by quickly during busy days.
The last Saturday in April.
With the approaching of the May Day Golden Week, major shopping malls in Shanghai were busy preparing for promotional activities. Although there were still a few days before the arrival of the festival, many people had already felt the festive atmosphere in advance from the overflowing liveliness.
Just like usual weekend shopping, the people of Yangpu District drove their wives and children to Yida Plaza in Wujiaochang after work.
However, what was different from the past was that in the garage of this large shopping mall, a row of parking spaces painted with golden marks and inserted with triangular locks attracted the attention of many car owners who came to park.
"Beep Beep Charging exclusive parking space, no need to plug in a cable … You can charge by scanning the code? What the hell? "
"Any car can be charged?"
"Bullsh * t, what are you thinking? Cars that burn oil definitely can't be charged. Even if it's an alternative energy vehicle, it would need a special battery or a receiver on the battery."
"F * ck me! Isn't that like taking off my pants to fart? I have to spend tens of thousands of yuan on a new battery just to charge my car? "
"That's not necessarily true. It seems that you can also plug in a cable to charge if you don't want to use the wireless charging function. But from what they've advertised, it seems that wireless charging is faster."
While the two car owners were talking, another car owner who had just parked his car and walked out heard their conversation. He could not help but interject.
"It has nothing to do with speed, you're not well-informed enough! Some time ago, the entire venture capital industry went crazy! Professor Lu invested in a charging station company at the AIIB summit. It's called Beep Beep Charging! Apparently, they plan on developing this wireless charging technology together with the lithium-air battery technology! In the future, all lithium-air batteries will come with wireless charging receivers! "
His voice wasn't soft. Not only were the two people bragging by the side of the car, but the people who were watching the commotion, taking photos, and posting on their WeChat Moments also heard it …
They were also shocked.
A parking space where you can charge by scanning the code!
This is nothing …
Registration gives you a 100 yuan Yida Plaza shopping voucher!
This is nothing …
One kilowatt hour, including the service fee, only 10 cents!
This was nothing. After all, electricity prices were cheap for civilian, commercial, and industrial purposes. The factory price was so low that even the National Bureau of Statistics couldn't believe it. It was not surprising that Beep Beep Charging could get cheap electricity.
But lithium-air batteries and wireless charging together …
This news was a bit too shocking.
It didn't matter if it was a rumor or if the source of the news was reliable. With the help of some people, the words "Beep Beep Charging" were not just on WeChat Moments, but the entire Weibo was talking about it!
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