The Grandmother in the Siheyuan

Chapter 439 Gathering Military Intelligence
Zongshen's boss simply abandoned all manners and followed them all the way. Fortunately, there were many people in the factory, so the car didn't go very fast.

Finally, he stopped the car: "Young man, may I take a look at your motorcycle?"

The staff member who was greeting the Zongshen boss hurriedly explained, "This is our partner, the boss of Zongshen Group."

Since they are our own partners, and the boss has said that he will not enter the electric vehicle industry, there is no need to keep it too secret.

So the research guy handed the electric bike over to Zongshen's boss. As a motorcycle expert, he looked it over from head to toe. It was indeed a frame made in his factory, but he felt that this thing was definitely not up to standard as a motorcycle.

"Why doesn't this motorcycle have an exhaust pipe?" Mr. Zuo, the owner of Zongshen, asked curiously. "And why is there no engine noise at all when it's running?"

"Mr. Zuo, this isn't a motorcycle, it's an electric vehicle." The receptionist said with a smile, "This vehicle uses an electric motor, and its power supply is electricity. It doesn't use the gasoline generator of a motorcycle, so it doesn't have an exhaust pipe, and it's very quiet when it's running."

"Electric car?"

Zongshen's boss personally test-drove it and felt it was very good.

"I want to see your boss, Mr. Liu."

Boss Zuo was eager to talk to Liu Hua. They had been working together for many years and had spoken with Liu Hua several times. He believed that Liu Hua would look down on small businesses like motorcycles.

It's not that Liu Hua thinks these businesses aren't profitable, but rather that Liu Hua has a grand vision; he only wants to do large-scale businesses with high technological content that can benefit the country and its people.

As luck would have it, Liu Hua happened to be at Taiyi Heavy Industry, teaching these engineers there. These kids were willing to work at Taiyi Heavy Industry, turning down offers from those large foreign companies, so naturally they deserved some benefits.

These children don't value ordinary money and material things. It's not that they don't need them, but the general welfare benefits at Taiyi Heavy Industry are already good enough.

So Liu Hua gave them some extraordinary perks: whenever he had free time, he would teach them lessons and let them learn something new.

While still teaching the students, the receptionist outside the meeting room was making faces at Liu Hua. Liu Hua nodded and said, "Just say what you have to say, don't make faces."

"Boss, Zongshen's boss is here. He wants to have a talk with you."

"Old Zong is here." Liu Hua waved his hand: "He's an old acquaintance. Tell him to go to the reception room for tea and wait a while until I finish explaining this."

Although Boss Zuo was very anxious, he patiently drank tea in the reception room and prepared himself, thinking about how he would talk to Liu Hua later.

"Old Zong, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting."

Boss Zuo stood up: "You're busy, it's only right that I wait a while."

"It's not that I'm too busy, I'm just giving lessons to the engineers in the factory," Liu Hua said with a smile. "These kids are all excellent, each one striving to improve, and I happen to have the ability to do so, so I'll let them learn from me."

"I really envy the engineers in your factory," Boss Zuo said with a smile. "When I first started my business, I was figuring things out on my own. I couldn't even find a teacher to guide me back then. I was just missing a master like you to teach me."

"You flatter me," Liu Hua said with a smile. "Let's get back to the main topic. What brings you here, Mr. Zuo?"

"Just gathering intelligence," Boss Zuo said with a smile. "You ordered a hundred motorcycle bodies from me, and I was worried you might be entering the motorcycle industry, so I came here specifically to spy on things." Liu Hua laughed heartily: "So, have you gathered any intelligence?"

"I see! You really have something good!" Boss Zuo said happily. "I didn't expect you to design another electric car. Is this meant to replace motorcycles as the next generation of transportation?"

"You could say that," Liu Hua nodded. "In the long run, the price of electricity will definitely be lower than that of gasoline, and from the perspective of national development trends, electricity will definitely be a key area of ​​development in the future."

“That makes sense. After all, oil is a non-renewable resource.” Boss Zuo nodded. “There’s only so much on Earth. Every drop we use is a drop less.”

"This is a misconception," Liu Hua said with a smile. "The person who said this is actually an academic spokesperson for the American oil capital group. They said this in order to raise oil prices."

"Oh, is that so?" Boss Zuo shook his head: "These people have absolutely no conscience."

Liu Hua said self-deprecatingly, "Capitalists, what kind of cunning can they have, including you and me?"

"Mr. Liu, do you have any plans to produce electric vehicles in the future?" After laughing, Mr. Zuo asked seriously, "I guess you probably wouldn't be interested in this small business."

"A small business?" Liu Hua shook his head: "The future market for electric vehicles is estimated to be no less than 100 billion yuan, and there will also be electric cars, making it at least a 5 trillion yuan market. How can this be a small business?"

"So you're saying you'll be entering the electric vehicle industry in the future?"

Liu Hua shook his head: "You've seen right through me. I won't be entering the electric vehicle market in the future, but I will work in the upstream industry, batteries."

Mr. Zuo's face lit up with joy: "Mr. Liu, I have a favor to ask. Could you authorize me with the electric vehicle technology? You can choose any price range you like, and I'll give you a sales commission."

“This technology is very simple,” Liu Hua said with a smile. “If you recruit more top students, you can figure it out yourself in a few years.”

"I have faith in your knowledge; your research is certainly extraordinary."

Liu Hua shook his head: "You're being so blunt, I'm a little taken aback. How about this, let me think about it. I'll give you an answer within a week."

Boss Zuo didn't leave. He felt that Liu Hua would give him good news, so he stayed in the hotel and waited for Liu Hua's reply.

The next day, Liu Hua went to the laboratory at Tsinghua University. Today was the group meeting time, which was also the time for Liu Hua to advertise his part-time job as a graduate student.

I didn't pay much attention to graduate students before, and I didn't find it hard work. Now he fully understands why Professor Yuan scratched his head when talking about graduate students in the interview back then.

It's not that these kids aren't ambitious or that they don't study hard. Just like what they say online, these kids' eyes reveal a clear kind of foolishness. Sometimes their whimsical ideas can really make Liu Hua both angry and amused.

Looking back now, I think my son Liu Jianguo probably felt the same way about Mr. Yuan.

After the main meeting, Liu Hua threw his car keys on the table: "I have some cigarettes, alcohol and nutritional supplements in my trunk. They were all gifts from others. You can share them, but please drink in moderation and don't overindulge."

(End of this chapter)