5: Chapter 5: He's a better marketer than me!

"Long battery life? Fast Charging Technology?"

Lei Jun had driven twenty hours through the night from the capital to get here, which was in itself an acknowledgment of Zhou Fan. Now, at Zhou Fan's words, his gaze instantly sharpened.

He could no longer sit still.

"Can it be done?" Lei Jun might not have even realized it himself, but he had subconsciously lowered his voice.

Battery life is currently the pain point for most smartphones. Limited by technology, smartphones have high power consumption, and since there is no way to break through the technical bottleneck in the short term, they can only think of other ways to extend battery life as much as possible. Universal chargers are actually one of the solutions...

However, in his view, this method of charging was destined to be phased out.

As for Fast Charging Technology, it was the first time he had heard of the concept, but it was not difficult to understand. If this Fast Charging Technology could be realized, he could see how far-reaching the future prospects would be; it would mean they would very likely become a company that sets the standard.

Even if this standard might not have a huge impact in the smartphone field.

"It can be done. By improving the density of lithium-ion batteries and expanding the battery capacity to 3500mAh..."

"By designing high-rate cells using silicon-carbon composite technology..."

As Zhou Fan entered his professional domain, countless parameters and data points were at his fingertips.

It was certainly impossible to replicate ninety-watt fast charging in a short time, but he felt there was a chance to develop twenty or thirty-watt fast charging.

"Plus, efficient power management IC technology can greatly extend battery life and optimize battery energy usage..."

"In this way, the phone's battery life can reach over ten hours of normal use, and the silent standby time can reach over a week."

Zhou Fan knew these research directions like the back of his hand. After all, even if he hadn't done research in this specific area, he was a researcher of Room-Temperature Superconductivity and worked with materials, so he had dabbled quite a bit in energy storage.

As Zhou Fan finished speaking, Lei Jun's gaze grew increasingly fervent. From the moment he decided to make phones, he had begun consciously surveying the smartphone market. Currently, the battery capacity of mainstream smartphones on the market was around 1500mAh, which could only last for four or five hours of use at most.

In fact, to a certain extent, this could not meet the users' needs for a full day. What was a full day's need? It meant being able to keep the phone powered on from leaving the house at eight in the morning until returning home around six in the evening.

Improving battery life was fine as a product highlight, but if Fast Charging Technology could really be realized, it would be a bombshell. However, Lei Jun quickly thought of a question, his tone carrying a hint of confusion:

"If the battery capacity increases, the corresponding volume will inevitably increase as well. Will this have an impact on the aesthetic design of our phone?"

"That depends on the improvement of the battery's energy density," Zhou Fan said, pausing slightly before continuing:

"As far as I know, the energy density of current mobile phone batteries is mostly only 200Wh/L due to losses in the packaging process. As long as we increase this value to 400, theoretically, we can double the battery capacity without changing the volume! Also, we can use integrated batteries to increase the space for the phone's architecture design, making the body thinner and lighter, while stacking the battery capacity to 3500mAh, which reduces the risk of poor contact and short circuits, and actually greatly improves battery safety! These designs are just to support the Fast Charging Technology..."

"Additionally, we can apply a multi-tab structure to high-rate cells to reduce internal resistance, while developing a proprietary fast charging communication protocol and using synchronous rectification technology to increase charging efficiency to over 90%, thereby accelerating the battery's charging speed!"

"Theoretically, there is no problem with increasing the charging speed by three times compared to current speeds!"

"A 3500mAh battery, fully charged in two hours, can achieve five minutes of charging for one hour of talk time..." Zhou Fan's research into Room-Temperature Superconductivity was extremely deep. While mobile phone battery-related technologies might indeed be difficult for laymen, they were not difficult for him.

After all, he could be considered to be standing on the shoulders of giants, and what he described could definitely be achieved in a short time.

"Fully charged in two hours, five minutes... can provide one hour of talk time!!!" Lei Jun was completely stunned, his breathing becoming somewhat heavy.

Double the capacity... same volume...

Integrated battery... thinner and lighter body... Lei Jun had envisioned some related technical parameters, but listening now, he felt that the performance parameters he had thought of before could be thrown into the corner.

This was too much of a shock to him. As long as what Zhou Fan said could be achieved by even seventy percent, their product would definitely be able to carve out a bloody path in the mobile phone market.

Only those who had done their research would understand how astonishing these technologies Zhou Fan mentioned were. Even though various mobile phone manufacturers were innovating very quickly and perhaps had put effort into battery capacity, the introduction of the Fast Charging Technology concept made him realize that their first smartphone now had its most important selling point.

"You've even thought of the advertising slogan!" Lei Jun's eyes were burning with fervor.

3500mAh, fully charged in two hours.

Charge for five minutes, talk for one hour!

As for things like multi-tab structures... proprietary fast charging protocols... he didn't really understand them, but he understood that the person in front of him was a true genius.

He would bring yet another impact to the mobile phone industry, which had just recently become disruptive.

"These technologies... can they really be realized?" Lei Jun said this, his heart feeling a mix of trepidation and, more importantly, anticipation.

"Yes!"

Two words were spat out from Zhou Fan's mouth.

Lei Jun suddenly felt that the wisest choice he had made was perhaps coming to this Hangzhou City.

Immediately after, without any hesitation.

"Engineer Zhou, I'm going to buy a building. Wait for my good news! I'll buy your village committee building! Our headquarters will be set in Hangzhou City. Also, let's find a time to discuss the equity distribution in detail!!!"

Lei Jun felt in his heart that he could not hesitate any longer. Perhaps Hangzhou City was not a city he was familiar with, and perhaps this small town was not currently suitable as an office location for a technology company, and he had not yet understood Hangzhou City's support policies for technology companies.

But none of that was important now. What was important was that his partner was here. He just wanted to get the company up and running as quickly as possible and get it on the right track.

Originally, he had planned to give Zhou Fan 20% of the shares, which was the standard equity distribution method for technical equity in most startups. But now, he felt that this allocation might not be suitable for Zhou Fan; this young man's talent and ability were too monstrous, and he simply could not be judged by conventional standards. This matter needed to be reconsidered carefully.

And now, for every second wasted, Lei Jun felt he was wasting his life. A clear path had appeared before him; if he didn't make a decision now, he would regret it for the rest of his life.

"Give up! You really have no competitive edge compared to him..." Chen Fei whispered from the side, stabbing a knife into someone's heart.

"It was clearly me first..." Wu Chen was very unconvinced.

"He has money..."

"I'm younger than him."

"He has money!"

"I..." Wu Chen's face turned red. The middle-aged uncle had snatched Zhou Fan away right in front of him, and he could only watch helplessly. This feeling... it was just like a girlfriend...

"The startup is halfway through, but it has collapsed midway..."

"Rare to hear you recite a complete sentence." Chen Fei was somewhat surprised.

"Three years east of the river, three years west of the river; do not bully a young man for being poor!!!"

"I think I've read this novel... is it the one with the old man?"

"..."