27: Chapter 27 Refusing to Hand Over Technology

Wang Chuanjun watched Huanyu Technology's official website as orders for the Earth Dragon 1 New Energy Vehicle surged, and his mouth twitched.

His BYD Auto, currently the largest New Energy Vehicle manufacturer in China.

It is the only large car company in the world that can compete with the United States' Te Si La.

BYD Auto not only produces New Energy Vehicles but is also the second-largest battery supplier in China.

Huanyu Technology emerged out of nowhere.

If its products are launched into the market, BYD Auto will suffer a severe blow, possibly even disappearing into the long river of history.

As the founder of BYD Auto, Wang Chuanjun already felt a strong sense of crisis!

He had previously received an invitation from Huanyu Technology, but he had not taken such a startup tech company seriously.

So he only sent representatives to attend, and now he felt a little panicked.

Like Lei Bing of Nuo Rice Mobile, he also arranged a trip to Jiangcheng.

The enthusiasm of the audience at the press conference was high, and it didn't end until the afternoon.

Because the factory was in a remote location, as for the lunch for these more than three thousand attendees.

Chen Yu had Xiao Jiazi go to Qifu Village, about two kilometers away.

He had the villagers cook hundreds of large pots of food, which were then delivered to the factory as boxed meals.

Chen Yu paid the villagers 30 yuan per box, which delighted the villagers who cooked, as they could earn half after deducting costs.

The guests who came to the press conference were also deeply impressed by Huanyu Technology's service.

Chen Yu was overjoyed; the two to three thousand attendees today contributed orders for 1,000 cars, all of which were mid-range or top-range models.

The on-site orders alone were worth 400 million, so providing these people with boxed meals was just a drop in the bucket.

And the orders on the official website were the main source of income!

Chen Yu also clearly stated on the official website that Huanyu Technology currently lacked funds, so the deposit for ordering a car would be half of the car's selling price.

This is unprecedented in the automotive industry.

Even when CEO Lei's popular model, the Nuo Rice SU7, was launched, the deposit was only 5,000 yuan.

However, for Chen Yu's Earth Dragon 1, the deposit was directly half the selling price, yet customers continued to pay in droves!

With 100,000 orders, nearly 40 billion in cash was received in just one morning.

This was even more impressive than when CEO Lei launched the Nuo Rice SU7!

With money, Chen Yu could purchase ready-made raw materials on Earth, unlike the production line within the First Generation Spaceship.

There, he would first have to mine ore and then refine the raw materials, which would be more time-consuming.

As for the 20 brand-new production lines currently in the factory, if raw materials are readily available.

One production line can produce a new car every 3 minutes; if production runs 24 hours a day without interruption, the single-day capacity will be close to 10,000 units.

This is an efficiency that other car companies find difficult to achieve with just one factory.

Although producing 10,000 cars a day seems like a lot.

If the Earth Dragon 1 monopolizes the market, then its production capacity will be severely insufficient.

However, these are all future considerations; there is still a long way to go to completely dominate the market.

If subsequent orders continue to increase, Chen Yu will consider adding more production lines.

As for the qualification for car manufacturing, Chen Yu has never worried about it.

His product is so good that in the early stages, he can simply find a qualified manufacturer to cooperate with by using their existing license.

Then he will apply to the authorities for a qualification belonging to Huanyu Auto.

He believes that a car that can fly, and a car that can travel more than 2,000 kilometers on a single charge.

If he still can't get the qualification for this, then the officials can go jump in a river.

Undoubtedly, once Huanyu Auto is launched, the country will enthusiastically offer the qualification.

In the square in front of the factory, there were still bustling guests surrounding the Earth Dragon 1 model, who had not yet left.

Chen Yu sat in the nearby lounge, which was currently filled with representatives from various major car companies.

Zhou Zheng, the representative from the Ministry of National Defense, and Liu Qiang, the representative from the Ministry of Science and Technology, were also among them.

Everyone was talking at once, all wanting to discuss cooperation with Chen Yu.

Chen Yu sneered; previously, these car company representatives had been dismissive of him, even mocking him.

Now, seeing the promising future of his products, they all came to seek cooperation.

But it was too late now; these traditional New Energy Vehicle companies were destined to be eliminated by the progress of the times.

Chen Yu dismissed them one by one, telling those who wanted to cooperate to find CEO Su at Huanyu Technology.

Finally, only Zhou Zheng and Liu Qiang remained.

These two were government officials, and Chen Yu couldn't just directly send them away.

"Mr. Chen, I am Zhou Zheng, the representative from the Ministry of National Defense."

"Mr. Chen, I am Liu Qiang, the representative specially sent by the Ministry of Science and Technology this time!"

The two introduced themselves to Chen Yu.

"Uh, so you are official representatives. May I ask what you are looking for me for?"

Zhou Zheng then went straight to the point:

"Mr. Chen, we are amazed by the products you released today. I believe your products will be very helpful to our Yanxia military, so we hope to cooperate with you!"

Chen Yu had actually guessed that his high-tech products would definitely attract national attention.

He was also prepared to cooperate with the country; after all, if the country was strong, his company could earn more money.

"Sure, how do you want to cooperate?"

Zhou Zheng and Liu Qiang exchanged glances. Liu Qiang, as the representative of the Ministry of Science and Technology, had a more thorough understanding of the technology, so he said:

"Mr. Chen, I hope you can share the Anti-Gravity Engine technology with the country. If our air force masters this technology, we will be able to develop new fighter jets. Perhaps this will be the prototype of the sixth-generation fighter jet, and at that time, our air power will no longer be constrained by the United States!"

Chen Yu narrowed his eyes. He was, of course, very patriotic, but that was not a reason for him to contribute his advanced technology.

"Mr. Liu, you should know how promising this technology of mine is. I want to know what I can get if I hand over the technology!"

Liu Qiang frowned. Of course, he knew the application prospects of this technology; it was simply a great weapon on the battlefield!

Applied commercially, it was also a technology that could make a lot of money.

"Mr. Chen, if you cooperate with the government, your company will receive national support."

Chen Yu smiled and continued:

"I don't want to talk about support or not. My product is good, so it doesn't need any support; customers will pay for it themselves. I agree to cooperate with the government and provide you with a certain number of Anti-Gravity Engines, but my technology cannot be provided to others."

Chen Yu thought that even if the Anti-Gravity Engine technology was given to the country.

With the current level of scientists on Earth, it would probably take decades to successfully replicate and apply it to military equipment.

So it wasn't that Chen Yu wouldn't give it, but that the technology was too advanced, and many conditions on Earth were not yet met.

Currently, Chen Yu could only manufacture Anti-Gravity Engines on the alien technology production line of the First Generation Spaceship.

Liu Qiang's face was not looking good after being directly rejected by Chen Yu.

Since Chen Yu had this attitude, they could only go back first and let higher-level bigwigs talk to Chen Yu.

Finally, Chen Yu sent the two official representatives away.

Today's press conference ended successfully.

Xia Yueshu, Su Rou, and Xiao Jiazi walked into the lounge together.

When three beautiful women of different styles entered, Chen Yu immediately perked up.

Xiao Jiazi skipped over to Chen Yu. She had dressed up carefully today to play the role of the car model.

She looked very beautiful and pretty now. Chen Yu instinctively wanted to reach out and touch her, but he stopped halfway.

Because this wasn't home, and there were two other beautiful women standing in front of him.

Chen Yu awkwardly retracted his hand and coughed to cover his guilt.

Fortunately, Xia Yueshu and Su Rou didn't pay attention to Chen Yu's actions.

"Mr. Chen, the surprise you gave me is truly too great. I want to cooperate with you!" Xia Yueshu said excitedly.

"Alright!"

Chen Yu actually agreed very readily!

This was a completely different attitude from how he had rejected the car manufacturers and government officials earlier.