Xiong Tianqi, with a businessman’s perspective, said to Ding Yue.
"President Xiong, this is the situation, we can supply Huawei Technology Group with the products you need, but we do not provide technology authorization."
At that moment, An Yujia, beside them, spoke up succinctly.
"What we need is a large quantity of graphene phone batteries, can you supply them?"
Xiong Tianqi only felt that this conversation was bordering on unreasonable.
I came to you to discuss the matter of technology authorization, and you tell me there’s no authorization but instead offer to sell me products.
However, I need graphene phone batteries as a product, and the demand is huge, since every phone requires one graphene phone battery.
In Xiong Tianqi’s view, it was utterly impossible for Feiyue Group to accomplish this.
Ding Yue couldn’t help but reveal a hint of a smile and nodded with composure.
Xiong Tianqi was stunned.
"By large demand, I mean millions of phone batteries a year....."
Xiong Tianqi thought he had misheard and emphasized again.
Huawei Technology Group indeed wanted graphene phone batteries.
Once Huawei Mobile replaced their batteries with graphene ones, there would be a revolutionary change in battery life, and Huawei would then become the leader in the future mobile market.
Therefore, Huawei Technology Group sought the graphene technology from Feiyue Technology; with it, Huawei Technology Group could manufacture smartphones with superior battery life.
Yet Principal Ding refused to authorize the graphene technology.
Moreover, he informed Xiong Tianqi that they could supply the graphene phone batteries!
Instead of providing technology authorization, this situation turned into a supply agreement!
This completely baffled Xiong Tianqi.
After all, for technology purposes, the most convenient way was technology authorization.
If a big company didn’t have the technology, and another developed it, the usual approach was to buy it at a high price.
Even if they couldn’t buy it outright, they could purchase exclusive authorization!
For those in technical research, selling technology indeed seemed to be the quickest way to earn a substantial amount of money.
But, in reality, selling technology was just the most basic approach.
Feiyue Technology wouldn’t just sell technology.
Feiyue Technology could mass-produce graphene, manufacture graphene phone batteries, all of which were uniquely available globally.
If I can sell the graphene phone battery as a product, why should I sell the underlying technology?
For Huawei Technology Group, acquiring the graphene technology package would be extremely profitable; from then on, within the period of the agreement, they’d hardly face restrictions from Feiyue Technology.
But if Feiyue Technology were just supplying graphene phone batteries, then the power would be entirely in the hands of Feiyue Technology.
"Principal Ding, this....."
Xiong Tianqi was suddenly caught in a dilemma.
If things were , he alone could not make a decision.
"President Xiong, why not go back and consider it carefully?"
Ding Yue asked with a smile.
Xiong Tianqi quickly nodded: "Given the situation, I indeed can’t make a decision on this alone, we’ll need to discuss it at a board meeting."
"No problem, after you’ve discussed it and have a clear decision, we can talk about cooperation."
Ding Yue was not in a hurry at all.
Because the mass production of graphene, in the hands of other global technology companies, was technology that wouldn’t easily be developed soon.
"Then okay, Principal Ding, I shall rush back to call a board meeting!"
After speaking, Xiong Tianqi stood up, preparing to leave.
"President Xiong, you’ve just arrived, are you preparing to go back already?" Ding Yue wanted to invite Xiong Tianqi for a meal.
After all, considering he came all this way to Mist City, the business talk had not been settled, and not even half a day had passed, yet he was about to leave.
"Yes, isn’t that how business negotiations are? Time is very important."
Xiong Tianqi pointed to his wristwatch and said with a smile, "Principal Ding, just wait for the good news from our side at Huawei Technology Group."
Ding Yue nodded, "Then I’ll see President Xiong off."
Since he hadn’t received President Xiong, it was definitely necessary to see him off.
However, Ding Yue only escorted President Xiong to the lobby. Once Xiong Tianqi got into the car, the driver immediately left Mist City Arts and Science University and headed towards Mist City Airport.
For business executives like Xiong Tianqi, once they got busy, they truly would fly here in the morning and there in the afternoon.
Fortunately, Ding Yue was only responsible for overseeing Mist City Arts and Science University. All the specific business affairs of Feiyue Group were handled by An Yujia, otherwise, Ding Yue might have become someone like Xiong Tianqi.
"Principal Ding, do you think Huawei Technology Group will accept this form of collaboration?"
An Yujia stood beside Principal Ding, watching President Xiong’s car leave, she asked curiously.
"As long as there’s a bit of pressure, I think they’ll make a decision quickly," An Yujia said with a light smile, "Following this, phone manufacturers such as Dami Group are likely to come knocking."
"No matter who comes knocking, just like today with Huawei Technology Group, tell them we don’t do technology licensing, only provide graphene phone batteries."
Ding Yue instructed An Yujia.
For the upcoming business negotiations, Ding Yue didn’t want to participate and left them all to An Yujia.
After all, Ding Yue had already demonstrated to An Yujia how the negotiations should be handled.
If one held the initiative in their hands, they had to have confidence.
After saying this, Ding Yue turned and walked towards the Administration Building.
"Then, Principal Ding, what if Nine Stars Mobile and Fruit Phone come to negotiate?"
An Yujia hurriedly followed and quickly asked.
"Foreign phone brands?"
Ding Yue laughed and said, "Do you think with our current production capacity, supplying the domestic market alone is already hanging by a thread for the next one or two years, can we also satisfy foreign phone manufacturers?"
Ding Yue’s idea was simple.
Feiyue Group’s graphene factory area was limited for now, so he’d first supply domestic phone manufacturers.
As for foreign brands lIke Nine Stars or Fruit, they could step aside.
"Alright, Principal Ding."
An Yujia understood Principal Ding’s meaning and immediately nodded in agreement.
If graphene batteries were applied in phones, even if the battery life were only increased tenfold, it would be a huge attraction for consumers.
Because current phone battery life is just too poor.
Phones using graphene batteries would certainly become popular and best-selling models, and may even seize the new mobile market earlier as a result.
If at this juncture, we also provided graphene phone batteries to foreign brands like Nine Stars or Fruit, wouldn’t that be aiding and abetting the enemy?
He would rather support domestic products.
To advance the battery life of domestic phones with a qualitative leap ahead of others would be his contribution to supporting domestic industry.
After returning to his office,
Several domestic phone manufacturers started to contact Feiyue Group one after another for partnership discussions.
All these phone manufacturers were to be dealt with by An Yujia.
Ding Yue now had a new goal which he hoped to achieve smoothly.
"Xiao Wen, have you prepared the materials I asked you to?"
Ding Yue looked at his secretary Wen Ruohan and asked.
"Yes, Principal Ding, I’ve organized them."
After saying this, Ding Yue stood up, ready to set off for the government offices in Mist City.
If he wanted to successfully supply the major phone manufacturers with the graphene phone batteries they would need in the future, Feiyue Group’s graphene factory area had to continually expand.
Ding Yue was preparing to go to the Mist City government offices to ask for land and policies from the Mist City officials.
But before heading to the Mist City government offices,
Ding Yue planned to make a trip to the Mist City Education Bureau first.