175: Chapter 175 Opponent? This is clearly going all out!

In the top-floor office of the BYD headquarters, a massive floor-to-ceiling window offered a panoramic view of the entire new energy vehicle industrial park.

Rows of blue roofs shimmered with a metallic luster under the sunlight; it was the world's largest single-unit photovoltaic parking lot and the epitome of the "green energy ecosystem" that Wang Sifu was so proud of.

Shi Xu stood by the window, his fingers unconsciously tracing the cold glass, his tone filled with unconcealable confusion.

"Mr. Wang, do you really intend to let the people from Fanmi in? They have made it clear they are going to build cars; it's been all over the industry these past few days."

He held his phone, which displayed the news that had been going viral online about Fanmi entering the car manufacturing business.

As the director of BYD's battery division, he knew better than anyone how terrifying Fanmi's approach of fully self-developing the entire supply chain would be once applied to new energy vehicles; they were absolutely a formidable rival to BYD.

Wang Sifu turned around, his fingertips gently stroking the rim of his purple clay teacup.

His temples were already greying, but his eyes remained as sharp as an eagle's as he mused, "If we don't let them come, will they stop building cars?"

"But..." Shi Xu said anxiously, "Why should we let them see the three-electric system we spent so many years mastering? That man Lei Jun looks amiable, but his methods are anything but soft. The fanmi 2 forced both Apple and Samsung into retreat; if we let them gain a foothold in the new energy vehicle sector..."

"Isn't gaining a foothold a good thing?" Wang Sifu interrupted, a gentle and meaningful smile curling the corners of his mouth.

"Do you think we alone can compete with Tesla and that crowd of foreign automotive giants?"

Shi Xu was stunned.

"Do you really think Fanmi was able to develop a 45nm Lithography Machine in half a year solely on their own ability?"

Wang Sifu's voice dropped, his gaze fixed on the research center in the distance outside the window.

"That was driven by national will. new energy vehicles are the golden track for the next decade; the authorities will absolutely not watch us fight amongst ourselves and let foreign capital reap the benefits."

He set down his teacup, the bottom clinking softly against the table. "Besides, Fanmi's strengths lie in chips and software, while our advantages are in vehicle manufacturing and supply chains. If you really think about it, we aren't rivals; we are more like complementary comrades-in-arms!"

Shi Xu fell silent.

It wasn't that he didn't understand this logic, but he just couldn't get past the mental hurdle.

BYD had been grinding away in the new energy sector for so many years; why should they let a cross-industry "newcomer" get a slice of the pie?

"They should be arriving soon." Wang Sifu glanced at his wristwatch, stood up, and adjusted his suit.

"Remember, today we only talk about technology, not competition. Say as much as you should, but don't say a single word about what you shouldn't!"

...

At the entrance of the BYD industrial park.

Lei Jun watched the electric gate slowly open, feeling somewhat nervous.

Before coming, he had prepared for the worst, thinking he might be met with cold shoulders or treated with suspicion like a spy.

But the scene before him was clearly a reception of the highest standard.

Wang Sifu was standing inside the gate waiting personally, followed by core executives from the battery, vehicle manufacturing, and software departments.

"Mr. Lei, welcome, welcome!"

Wang Sifu stepped forward quickly and shook Lei Jun's hand with a hearty smile. "I've wanted to invite you over for a visit for a long time, but I never found the opportunity."

"Mr. Wang, you are too kind."

Lei Jun hurriedly shook back, feeling the warmth of the other man's palm, and most of his anxiety dissipated.

"I apologize for the intrusion; I mainly wanted to come and learn from BYD!"

"There's no need to talk about 'learning from'; let's just learn from each other."

Wang Sifu turned to lead the way, his gaze falling on Zhou Guangming and Lin Wenwu behind Lei Jun.

"This must be Engineer Zhou, right? I've heard so much about you; I've read your paper on solid-state batteries, and it's very innovative! And Manager Lin... the fact that the Pangu System could establish a foothold in such a short time is astonishing—it's absolutely a miracle!"

Zhou Guangming and Lin Wenwu clearly hadn't expected the other party to know them; they were stunned for a moment before hurriedly shaking hands.

"Mr. Wang, you flatter us. Compared to BYD's technology, we still have a long way to go."

"That's right. Mr. Wang, you have a grand vision; being able to take BYD from a battery business to a leader in the new energy vehicle sector is truly well-deserved!"

After some pleasantries, Lei Jun's suspended heart finally settled.

Judging by this posture, Wang Sifu really intended to open his doors and let them see everything.

The group walked into the battery production workshop, where the automated production line was producing blade batteries at a rate of 30 pieces per minute.

Robotic arms accurately grabbed, stacked, and packaged them; there was little need for manual intervention throughout the process, so there didn't seem to be many workers in the massive workshop.

"The yield rate of this production line can reach 99.2%," Shi Xu introduced from the side, his tone filled with pride. "Our self-developed laser cutting equipment can control precision to within 0.01 millimeters."

Zhou Guangming's eyes lit up, and he walked quickly to the inspection station, watching the parameters jumping on the screen.

"You can achieve such a high degree of electrode alignment? What inspection algorithm are you using?"

This was exactly the problem that had been giving him a headache recently. The electrode alignment requirements for new energy vehicle batteries were ten times higher than for traditional batteries; any slight deviation would affect safety.

Shi Xu looked at Wang Sifu, and seeing him nod, he said directly, "We use a dual inspection method of machine vision plus infrared flaw detection. The algorithm model was trained for three years, and we used five hundred thousand sets of samples alone."

He paused and added, "If Engineer Zhou is interested, I'll have the technical department send you a copy of the basic framework later; you can make adjustments based on that."

Zhou Guangming looked up abruptly, his eyes full of surprise: "Really?"

"Of course," Wang Sifu interjected with a smile. "It's all to advance battery technology; there's nothing to hide."

Lei Jun watched from the side, secretly clicking his tongue in amazement.

This could no longer be described as just "generous"; it was practically showing off their most closely guarded secrets.

The subsequent tour left them even more shocked.

From the semi-automatic robots in the vehicle welding workshop to the road test data center, and then to the reliability testing laboratory for automotive-grade chips.

BYD was holding almost nothing back.

Lin Wenwu spent the longest time in the software center, pointing to a real-time refreshing in-vehicle system interface and asking, "Mr. Wang, the theoretical response speed of the vehicle system you are currently developing can reach under one second. How do you resolve multi-task scheduling conflicts?"

The executive in charge of software directly pulled up the code framework: "Our self-developed real-time operating system physically isolates the core control module from the entertainment module. This is the flowchart of the scheduling algorithm..."

"That's a good idea, but I feel the system's core framework is still a bit bloated. If you refer to the microkernel mode of the Pangu System, you might be able to significantly improve fluency; reaching a response level of under 0.5 seconds shouldn't be a problem!"

Lin Wenwu thought for a moment, then spoke with a smile.

He was a technical person, so he said what was on his mind.

"Oh, you think our system could be optimized by incorporating system kernel technology?" Wang Sifu's eyes brightened slightly as he asked directly.

"Of course it can!" Lin Wenwu didn't hold back either, saying directly, "The biggest advantage of the system microkernel is its flexibility; it can be specially customized and optimized according to the system's characteristics!"

"There are essential differences between mobile phone systems and in-vehicle systems, but using a microkernel architecture to optimize an in-vehicle system is absolutely no problem!"

"That's great! This has provided us with a new line of thinking!" Wang Sifu nodded repeatedly.

Lei Jun watched from the side as the software engineers began chatting with Lin Wenwu, and the more he saw, the more astonished he became.

He had originally thought this visit would be just a cursory glance, but he hadn't expected that Wang Sifu truly intended to 'teach them everything he knew'.

The enthusiasm was so great that he actually felt a bit embarrassed.

This level of vision was far greater than he had imagined!

At this moment, he couldn't help but think of what Zhou Fan had said before he left.

"If BYD is interested in collaborating, it would be a very good opportunity!"

Now it seemed... Zhou Fan had seemingly already anticipated this scene.

This couldn't help but ignite a sense of excitement in his heart.

If they could really reach a collaboration with BYD, the time to perfect Fanmi's car manufacturing line would definitely be greatly advanced. Originally, it was estimated to take at least over a year, but now... it might be solved within half a year!