Li Shi shook his head and said with clear displeasure, "President Pei, looking after your friends' businesses is only right, but although Manager Wang is very capable, he's not like you. He wouldn't run a business at a loss.
"If this business loses money, I'd be doing well just to help him distribute some of the products. You're asking me to share the losses with him, too?"
Hearing Li Shi say that, Wang Yue looked surprised. "President Li, if you don't think much of my business, why were you willing to buy such a large stake in my private kitchen venture?"
Li Shi chuckled and shook his head. "Manager Wang, I may be a rich second-generation heir, but I'm not an idiot.
"My family used to run a private kitchen business, so I know how it works. I'm certain I can make it profitable!
"But electric bicycles? I really don't know how they'll do in practice. I'll have to wait and see how they sell before I can tell!"
Wang Yue gave Li Shi a thumbs-up, then said with a smile, "President Li, I've learned a lot from you!"
Seeing Li Shi put it that way, Wang Yue felt reassured. It seemed this project could go ahead!
After all, Li Shi was a rich second-generation heir, and his opinion basically represented what the others thought. If Mr. Sima had similar pawns, then Li Shi's view represented theirs, too!
So Wang Yue immediately ramped up production and quietly rolled out his second-generation battery plan.
Wang Yue's electric vehicle had so many features that its range was terrible with just that small battery. Replacing it with a new battery could bring the range up to two or three hundred kilometers, which would be enough.
But when it came to batteries, lithium batteries