My Age of Investment

Sitting in the conference room, Straubel reported the cause of the explosion.

"It's still a technical problem of battery management!"

Straubel said in detail: "To completely solve this problem, we have to find a way to arrange the batteries.

A way to stop flames from spreading from one battery to another. "

Tarpenning frowned, battery technology is the core technology in the core technology, and it is also the biggest difficulty.

They started research and development in 2003, and it is almost 2005. Although they have achieved some achievements, from what happened today, this achievement is obviously not good enough, or it is not excellent enough.

Eberhard rubbed his hair and said annoyed: "There are 6831 batteries in total, do you know how many permutations there are? There are infinitely many.

Even using a computer to simulate a digital combination experiment takes a long time. "

Xia Jingxing's heart moved, he knew how to do permutations and combinations, so there was no need to do those experiments.

But he said it directly, a bit unreasonable?

Straubel spread out his hands, just about to speak, he probably pulled his wound, and grinned for a while.

"Are you alright?" Xia Jingxing asked with concern.

Straubel waved his hand with his intact right hand, "It's okay, don't worry about it."

Straubel continued: "As long as this problem is solved, the last stumbling block before our mass production is removed.

If this problem is not solved, even if the car is forcibly mass-produced, there are still many safety hazards on the road. "

"Well, go ahead and experiment!"

Eberhard thought for a while, looked at Xia Jingxing, and said, "At the moment, we still need to build a laboratory room full of bulletproof glass."

"Safety first, buy!"

Xia Jingxing was very proud and directly agreed with Eberhard's suggestion.

A few people talked about the battery issue again, and then the meeting broke up.

Xia Jingxing stopped Straubel and took him to his car to chat.

Straubel thought that the big boss had something to order, so he followed Xia Jingxing into the car.

"The battery arrangement and combination you mentioned, I got a message, I don't know if I can help you."

Straubel looked surprised, "What news?"

Xia Jingxing did not directly answer the other party's question, but instead asked, "Have you heard of BYD?"

Straubel nodded, "I've heard of it, it seems to be a Chinese car brand.

Oh, and they don't just make cars, they make batteries, and last year they became the second-largest producer of rechargeable batteries in the world. "

Xia Jingxing smiled, it's good to hear it, so he can make it up.

"I heard a piece of news that BYD is researching a new type of car battery.

They packaged 69 small batteries in parallel into a battery brick, 9 battery bricks in series into a battery slice, and 11 battery slices in parallel into a battery system. "

Straubel was stunned for a moment, then reacted and asked, "Daren, do you mean let's try this arrangement?"

Xia Jingxing nodded, "That's right, it won't take much time to try it once."

Straubel frowned and thought for a while, but asked one more question: "Is this reliable?"

Xia Jingxing said ambiguous: "I don't know if it's reliable or not, so just try it once. It's best if you succeed, and you won't lose much if you don't succeed."

Since the big boss said so, Straubel could only obey and nodded, "Okay, then I'll give it a try."

"It's a bit of a low-key thing, and the way the information is obtained is a little less glamorous."

Xia Jingxing looked into Straubel's eyes and said very seriously.

"I know that, Daeron, don't worry, I will never tell anyone else."

Straubel made an "I understand" expression and said confidently.

He was actually very happy in his heart. After all, the boss could tell him such a secret thing. This is to train himself to be a confidant!

"If it succeeds,

Then this is what you developed! "

Xia Jingxing and Straubel looked at each other and continued: "You have worked hard for the company for so long, and this time you have made a contribution and suffered an injury. You can be worthy of a better position."

Straubel lowered his head and smiled, not knowing how to answer.

When he saw Xia Jingxing frowning because he didn't answer for a long time, he quickly nodded, "Okay, Darren, I will do whatever you ordered."

Only then did Xia Jingxing show a satisfied smile.

This thing can't be conjured out of thin air, this is the best solution he arranged.

Heaven knows, you know and I know.

As a vested interest, Straubel will definitely not talk nonsense with his mouth open.

Moreover, the other party rejected Musk's invitation, and now he has made contributions to the company, which is suitable for promotion. It is more appropriate to give this credit to the other party.

Seeing that Straubel was ready to go through fire and water for him at any time, he thought to himself, and it seemed that he had also gained a certain loyalty value.

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Straubel got the "secret recipe" given by Xia Jingxing and quickly started the experiment.

Then, it's amazing.

Looking at the experimental data recorded on the experimental equipment, Straubel rubbed his eyes to make sure he was not confused.

There was a burst of ecstasy in his heart, and he shouted: "Success!"

This shouting attracted the onlookers of other employees.

Everyone crowded to watch the fun.

"Oh my god, Straubel, how did you do it?"

"Is this the current optimal solution? It looks dozens of times better than the previous one."

...

The crowd exclaimed from time to time, and all Tesla employees were amazed by the experimental data.

Soon, Eberhard and Tarpenning arrived.

After seeing the experimental data, the two were also extremely surprised. The problem that had plagued them for more than a year was solved like this?

"Straubel, how did you do it?"

Tarpenning ignored the injury on the opponent's hand, and came up with a slap on the shoulder.

Straubel did not forget Xia Jingxing's instructions and said with a smile, "After I was injured that day, I went home and couldn't sleep.

In the middle of the night, I dreamed of an old man with a white beard. In a daze, he seemed to hear a series of numbers.

Then I put this string of numbers to experiment.

At first, the order was reversed, I adjusted it several times, and finally found the current combination of numbers. "

The employees exclaimed.

"You must have met God, this is a miracle!"

"Grandpa Whitebeard, that's obviously Santa Claus."

"Yes, Christmas is coming soon. It seems that Straubel received a Christmas gift in advance."

...

The employees let out bursts of well-meaning laughter, and their tone was mostly ridiculed.

Straubel didn't explain too much, and followed the crowd in silly fun.

"For the sake of rigor, let's use this permutation and combination to conduct several more experiments."

Eberhard was still very strict, and after rejoicing, he made new suggestions.

Straubel nodded, "Yes, we should experiment more to see if there is any error."

As soon as he said it, Eberhard personally served as an assistant to Straubel under the onlookers of a group of employees, and the two conducted more than a dozen experiments.

"It's a miracle!"

Eberhard was completely convinced, with a smile that could not be concealed on his face.

He took out his phone and dialed Xia Jingxing.

"What? The battery combination was successfully developed? So fast? How did you do it?"

In order to send the favor more thoroughly, Xia Jingxing completely pretended to be ignorant.

Eberhard laughed and said, "I don't know how? But Straubel was injured that day. God bless him."

"Oh, thank God, that's really great news."

After Xia Jingxing sighed, he said again, "By the way, should I commend Straubel?"

"Award, I must win an award, and a lot of awards!" Eberhard said affirmatively.

A few days later, Straubel received a new personnel notice, appointing him as the company's battery technology director.

For this appointment, no employee in the whole company was dissatisfied, and they sent their best wishes to Straubel.

Of course, Straubel didn't forget to call Xia Jingxing, who had been blessed with good fortune, and specially called to thank him.

"Do it well, don't thank me! If you really want to repay me, quickly mass-produce the car for me..."

Xia Jingxing, who hid his merits and fame deeply, did not take credit and only encouraged the other party a few words on the phone.