Chapter 36 Press Conference
Jin Qiaoying walked away with a puzzled and resentful look on her face.
No matter how much she asked, no matter how much those long legs swung, Fan Ren was like an old monk sitting still and would never speak.
In the next two days, Fan Ren took a rare vacation and went back to his residence far away in the suburbs to check out of the house he hadn't visited for several months.
He was alone and packed some personal belongings and stuffed them directly into the trunk of the car.
I haven’t thought about finding a place to live for the time being. Anyway, I’ve gotten used to living in the office during this period of time, so I’ll just live here for now.
The day of the press conference soon arrived, and at the strong request of his secretary Li Jia, Fan Ren temporarily changed into a suit.
The press conference was different from the last time the high-voltage wireless charging piles were released, as there were only a few scattered self-media outlets.
Many mainstream media and invited industry insiders related to the battery field are present here today.
There was nothing special about the venue. As the time came, Fan Ren walked straight to the center of the not-so-big stage.
After the lights in the venue were turned off briefly, a spotlight came on in the darkness. Under its illumination, a silver-white rectangle was placed in the center of Fan Renping's open hand.
At the same time, low voices of conversation were heard throughout the audience.
Ma Gaosheng, who was sitting in the front, looked at Fan Ren with a hint of doubt in his eyes.
"Please be quiet for a moment."
Fan Ren noticed Ma Gaosheng right in front of him, looked at him, and his lips curled up slightly.
"First of all, I want to apologize to some of the friends present. Today's conference is a new product launch of Xinghai Technology. It may be a little different from what you imagined. But it doesn't matter. I believe that the new products released by Xinghai this time will definitely make the trip worthwhile for everyone present."
After he finished speaking, Ma Gaosheng couldn't help but feel confused.
It was not what he imagined, an open patent bidding!
New product launch?
Ma Gaosheng's mind was spinning rapidly, full of confusion.
His eyes followed the silver-white rectangle in Fanren's hand.
"Not long ago, I personally stumbled upon a special biological bone extract. After multiple tests, I was surprised to find that the ionic conductivity of this biological bone extract was much higher than that of traditional liquid electrolytes."
Jin Qiaoying also arrived at the scene today. When she heard this, a look of shock gradually appeared in her beautiful eyes.
She knew what ionic conductivity was because Sanxin Group also had a certain scale in lithium batteries.
"We all know that liquid lithium batteries currently occupy an absolute market share in various application fields. And they have good performance in practicality, but it is undeniable that they also have many shortcomings."
Fan Ren paused for a moment, thinking that his next words might offend people, but he put these concerns aside in a short moment.
"For example, safety, lifespan, usage environment, integration and management difficulties, etc., these are all very significant shortcomings. Needless to say, I think both relevant practitioners and consumers hold the same view on this point.
I'm sorry, but thank you for allowing me to rant here. Please look at this rectangle in my hand."
He could clearly see that the expressions of some industry insiders in the front row had obviously turned unfriendly.
Fan Ren took a deep breath and stopped keeping the secret.
"This is a solid-state battery made using the biological bone extract I mentioned earlier, instead of liquid lithium electrolyte."
As soon as the words were spoken, there was a sudden buzz of conversation in the meeting room.
Solid-state batteries are not a new product. For example, AA and AAA batteries belong to this category in a sense.
But Fanren obviously would not bring out this kind of product that has been thoroughly researched to amuse everyone at this time.
"Let's take a look at some data!"
Fan Ren raised his voice slightly to suppress the noise in the venue, and then the large screen behind him lit up, and a series of data comparisons appeared on the screen.
"After rigorous testing, the data of this solid-state battery with added biological bone extract compared with the most advanced liquid lithium battery on the market is as follows."
Energy density is 1000wh/kg, 250% higher than that of the same volume. Charge and discharge speed is increased by 30%.
The battery life is estimated to only decay by 30% within 5 years.
In extremely low temperature climate conditions, battery degradation is 0%.
The audience was silent.
"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"
Ma Gaosheng screamed. His composure all along vanished after hearing this.
Fan Ren glanced over and smiled, "Manager Ma, do you think Xinghai invited so many media friends, many industry insiders, and several company CEOs to come just to commit fraud in this kind of occasion?"
"I..."
"Okay, Manager Ma, please sit down. Don't worry, we have prepared testing equipment on site. Speaking of this, I have to mention the many conveniences that high-voltage wireless charging brings to our current lives."
As Fan Ren was speaking, Zeng Yingying pushed the testing equipment that had been prepared backstage onto the stage.
He nodded gently in thanks and turned to the audience: "Next, I will conduct a series of data tests on this solid-state battery. I believe that the industry insiders present are very familiar with this testing equipment, so I will not introduce it in detail."
As he spoke, Fan Ren placed the solid-state battery that attracted everyone's attention into the testing equipment and gently pressed the switch button with his finger.
Following his action, everyone in the conference hall fell silent again, and all eyes turned to the numbers projected on the big screen.
"So fast!"
"If the data is really what Mr. Fan said, there is really nothing wrong with this charging speed."
"Not only that, if the data is not false, the energy density of this battery is more than twice that of a similar lithium battery."
The discussion in the meeting hall arose again. This time, Fan Ren did not speak out to suppress it. He turned his gaze to Ma Gaosheng who was at the front.
At this moment, his face couldn't be paler.
'Old thing.'
Fan Ren grunted, then stopped the testing equipment, pressed his hands down slightly, and the conference room fell silent.
"The data will not be falsified. Today we will provide a small-capacity solid-state battery for free to the friends present. We hereby declare that the battery can only be used for testing."
After a pause, Fanren Fanren waved behind him.
"Now, Xinghai's deputy general manager Liu Jun will introduce the price of this product and the related cooperation methods in the future."
After saying that, Liu Jun from the backstage walked onto the stage with excitement on his face. When he passed by Fan Ren, he nodded slightly to him.
Fanren made a good start, so the rest of the work was left to him.
One day in the future, someone will write in his memoirs: "At first, when we received the invitation, most people went to participate with the mentality of watching the joke. But later we found that we were the joke."
Fan Ren did not go backstage, but walked to the front row and sat down.
To his left was Ma Gaosheng, a seat he had specifically requested to be left empty.
"Mr. Ma, what do you think of our Xinghai product? Oh, by the way, the relevant patents have been applied for long ago. In addition, Xinghai has applied for patents in advance for all battery processes and other new materials used."
Ma Gaosheng's face was pale as he stared fixedly at Liu Jun, who was excitedly introducing the countless advantages of solid-state batteries on the stage.
Fan Ren smacked his lips, thought for a moment and continued embarrassedly.
"Oh, I'm so sorry, I forgot that your company's main business is lithium batteries. As a newcomer, if you have any ideas, please feel free to share them with me."
"Puchi, Mr. Fan, that's enough, let's go on Mr. Ma... Mr. Ma? Mr. Ma! Oh no, Mr. Ma has fainted, call an ambulance quickly."
On Fanren's right, Jin Qiaoying's face changed from sneering to fright in just one sentence.
(End of this chapter)
