When Meeting Room's door was pushed open, everyone inside turned their eyes.
Deputy General Manager Zheng leaned on the back of the chair, his fingers still resting on the edge of the folder, maintaining the same posture as before Zhao Chen went out.
Director He's fingers were hanging on the table and he forgot to tap them.
Zhou Bingcheng was holding the tea cup with the rim of the cup resting on his lips. The tea was already cold and he did not drink it.
Old Fang and Sister Liu raised their heads at the same time, their eyes fixed on Zhao Chen's face.
Zhao Chen walked back to his seat without sitting down.
He put his hands on the table and slowly scanned everyone's face.
"Everyone, I'm sorry to keep you waiting.
The plan proposed by Mr. Zhou - Henglong gives up five points, Industrial Capital holds a total of 17% of the shares - I heard it."
He paused, "But before making a decision on this plan, I need to ask you to see something first."
He turned his head and looked at Zhou Bingcheng.
"Mr. Zhou, please arrange for someone to translate an English test report into Chinese.
The translation does not need to be word for word, as long as the core data is accurate. After the translation is completed, print it out and give each person a copy."
Zhou Bingcheng was stunned for a moment, but only for a moment.
He turned his head and whispered a few words to Sister Liu. Sister Liu took the email opened on the screen of Zhao Chen's phone and walked out quickly Meeting Room.
Meeting Room became quiet.
Deputy General Manager Zheng tapped his fingers on the edge of the folder twice, and his eyes fell on Zhao Chen's face, trying to read something from that face without any unnecessary expression.
Director He picked up the tea cup and took a sip. He found that the tea was completely cold. He frowned and put it down again.
In less than a quarter of an hour, Sister Liu opened the door and came back.
In her hand she held a stack of newly printed documents, the paper still warm from the printer.
She placed the documents in front of everyone one by one--
Zhou Bingcheng, Old Fang, Deputy General Manager Zheng, Director He, two representatives of central enterprises, placed the last copy in front of Chen Xi.
Meeting Room heard the sound of paper turning.
First there were a few sporadic sounds, and then there were swishing sounds one after another, as if something was being turned over quickly and repeatedly in everyone's hands.
Deputy General Manager Zheng didn't frown yet when he turned over the first page.
The Tesla logo is printed on the upper right corner of the cover, and below the English title is dense testing data and charts.
His English is not very good, but he is so familiar with the English words for core parameters such as Energy Storage Density, cycle life, and decay rate that he can understand them at a glance without the need for translation.
His eyes fell on the measured data of cycle life - 10,300 times.
It is 3% higher than the 10,000 times reported by Green Energy Technology himself.
The measured attenuation rate is 4.1%, which is lower than the 4.3% reported by Green Energy Technology.
His fingers stopped at the edge of the page, and an imperceptible layer of white slowly formed on his knuckles.
Director He's English is better than Deputy General Manager Zheng. When he turned to the third page, his lips opened slightly and closed again.
When he turned to the fourth page, he put down the document and raised his head and glanced at Zhao Chen.
There was no hostility in that look, only an extremely complex shock that can only be felt after working in the New Energy industry for more than ten years.
He realized what this report meant earlier than Deputy General Manager Zheng--
It is not the technical data of Green Energy Technology that has been verified, it is the technical data of Green Energy Technology that has been verified by Tesla.
These two things are worlds apart.
Zhou Bingcheng's hands are shaking.
He flipped through the report slower than everyone else. On the first page, the difference between the actual measured data of Energy Storage Density, Tesla and the self-reported data of Green Energy Technology was less than 2%.
The second page, cycle life, accelerated aging test extrapolation 10300 times.
On the third page, Degradation Curve, the measured attenuation rate is 4.1%.
He flipped through page after page, and when he reached the last page, his fingers paused for a long time on the red seal of Tesla Materials Laboratory.
The seal was in English, oval, and the blue ink spread slightly on the paper, like some kind of authoritative and unquestionable certification.
He raised his head and met Zhao Chen's eyes. His lips moved, but he didn't say anything, but something in his eyes lit up under the light.
Four years.
From the small test data in the laboratory to Thousand-Ton Scale Pilot Line;
The cost ranges from 40% higher than the mainstream products in the market to 35% lower;
No investor was willing to take a second look, and Industrial Capital was furious over the valuation.
In four years, three Co-founders were burned away, half of my hair was burned white, and countless late nights spent in Zhangjiang Laboratorys were burned dry.
At this moment, the few pages of paper he held in his hand flew from Fremont across the entire Pacific Ocean and fell into the palm of his hand.
In another language and with the seal of another laboratory, he wrote two words for his four years - worth it.
Old Fang When he turned over the report for the third time, he suddenly stopped.
He didn't look at anyone, he just lowered his head and stared at the page Degradation Curve for a long time.
Sister Liu reached out and pressed lightly on his arm.
Old Fang did not raise his head, but his fingers slowly tightened on the edge of the paper, and a shallow indentation was made on the pads of his fingers.
Deputy General Manager Zheng put down the report and raised his head.
His voice was much lower than usual, and the coldness of being fished out of ice water was completely gone.
Instead, there was a kind of solemnity from the heart that Zhao Chen had never seen in him before.
"The test report of Zhao Zong, Tesla Materials Laboratory - when did this report come out?"
"Just came out." Zhao Chen's voice was not loud, but everyone in Meeting Room could hear it clearly.
"To be precise, it's United States at one o'clock in the morning today, Western Time.
Tesla's laboratory reviewed it twice, and each set of data was cross-validated.
The call I received was from Fremont."
Deputy General Manager Zheng's finger tapped lightly on the cover of the report.
"Tesla's laboratory never does Independent Testing for external startups.
Which laboratory can Green Energy Technology's sample enter? Zhao Zong, how did you do it?"
Zhao Chen did not answer this question.
He just turned the report in front of him to the last page and turned to the blue oval seal.
"How it is done is not important. What is important is that every number written in this report can withstand the review of any materials laboratory in the world.
The cost of Energy Storage is 35% lower, the cycle life is more than 10,000 times, and the attenuation rate is less than 5%.
Green Energy Technology reported the data himself, Third-Party Testing Agency reported the data, Tesla Laboratory reported the data, three reports, the same set of conclusions."
He closed the report and stood up.
All the eyes in Meeting Room followed him and stood up.
Zhou Bingcheng removed his hand from the report and placed it on the table, curling his fingers slightly.
Zhao Chen's eyes swept over everyone's face one by one--
Zhou Bingcheng, Old Fang, Sister Liu, Deputy General Manager Zheng, Director He, two representatives of central enterprises who have hardly spoken to each other.
His eyes stayed on everyone's face for the same length of time, impartially.
"The plan proposed by Mr. Zhou - Henglong gives up five points, Industrial Capital holds a total of 17% of the shares, and the post-investment valuation is 7 billion RMB."
His voice is not high, but every word seems to have grown out of the Tesla test report.
With a power that does not require anyone to believe, but everyone will be convinced,
"I thank Mr. Zhou for his efforts in promoting this round of financing. However, this plan has been invalidated by this report."
Meeting Room was so quiet that the only sound left was the soft sound of paper being blown by the wind.