Solving Middle Age Crisis by Intelligence System-Chapter 609 - 405: Spending Money Like Water (Double-Length)
"Screech!"
The ear-piercing sound of brakes tore through the night sky.
The exit of the tunnel was an uphill slope with poor visibility, so Chen Wei, who was driving, didn’t notice it in advance.
But the moment he saw the headlights suddenly light up, he immediately reacted, tapping the brake pedal rapidly while sharply turning the steering wheel, barely avoiding the oncoming truck.
Sitting in the back seat, Qi Yun instinctively gripped the handle, his drunkenness dissipating more than halfway.
He turned his head sharply to look out the window. The truck they had narrowly missed also stopped at a slight distance behind them, but no one got out to check, which was peculiarly abnormal.
"Is everything okay?"
Chen Wei steadied the car, quickly turned around to ask, and his voice had a barely noticeable tremor.
If they had been half a second slower just now, the consequences would have been unimaginable, even making him break out in a cold sweat.
Qi Yun shook his head. He had fastened his seatbelt as soon as he got in the car; aside from his billion-dollar hairstyle being slightly disheveled, he was unharmed.
"Stay in the car, I’ll go check it out."
Seeing Qi Yun unharmed, Chen Wei retrieved his gun from its holster, released the safety, and prepared to get out to investigate.
That driver hadn’t shown any intent to slow down. It only started to stop after they avoided it, which seemed weird no matter how you looked at it.
But just as his hand touched the door handle, Qi Yun from the back seat pressed on his shoulder: "Don’t go, leave first! I’ll have someone come and handle this."
Seeing his serious tone, Chen Wei dared not delay, shifted gear, and sped away from the spot.
With Harris’s previous experience, Qi Yun was extremely cautious now. For the sake of safety, he didn’t want Chen Wei to take the risk.
Who knew if the other party was specifically targeting them?
He took out his phone and quickly dialed Zhang Dayong’s number to coordinate getting the nearest police to come over.
Originally, apart from Chen Wei, Brother Quan and Xiao Wu would at least have one person accompany him on the trip, but considering they had just returned from Kunlun Mountain, he gave them a break and didn’t bring them along.
As a result, this unexpected incident happened today.
Just when Qi Yun hung up the phone and turned to look back again, that truck had already disappeared from sight.
The car continued moving forward. Qi Yun leaned back against the seat, quickly calculating in his mind.
Recently, he hadn’t offended anyone; the only possible trouble could be caused by the Eight-footed Jade Hook or the disruptive moves of the Boot Clan from the United Kingdom. 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚
When it comes to responding quickly, there probably isn’t a place on this Earth that matches the speed of Province J besides deserted deserts. Patrol cars are pretty much ubiquitous elsewhere.
In less than three minutes, the piercing sound of police sirens came from afar, and several police cars soon arrived, quickly heading towards the earlier tunnel.
A while later, Zhang Dayong’s call came through.
"My people found that truck about two kilometers from the tunnel, but there’s no one inside."
"That truck is using a fake license plate. I’ve already arranged for someone to access nearby surveillance. I’ll let you know when there’s news."
When Qi Yun heard the truck had fake plates, his expression grew even more serious, basically confirming they were coming for him.
"Good, thank you."
After hanging up the call, he rubbed his temples, realizing he’d need to be extra cautious for a while.
Since they dared to make a move, they certainly wouldn’t stop at just one attempt.
...
The next day, from local stations to sub-bureaus in the entire New District, almost all deployable forces were mobilized to investigate the driver of last night’s truck.
Moreover, when Qin Minghui heard about it, he showed great concern and directly called the city bureau, asking them to assign personnel for the investigation.
Those unaware thought something major had happened.
Having slept it off, Qi Yun wasn’t too affected by last night’s incident. After breakfast, he headed out again, but this time Brother Quan personally led a team in a following vehicle for protection.
Today, Qi Yun had something very important to attend to—Tao Ziming’s team had already produced battery samples, and he was going over to check the test results and discuss subsequent production details.
Half an hour later, the two vehicles entered the park, where Tao Ziming was already waiting at the entrance of the workshop.
Seeing Qi Yun get out of the car, he immediately came up, "President Qi!"
Qi Yun nodded slightly, seeing his face full of excitement, guessing that the new battery’s performance must be outstanding.
Sure enough, Tao Ziming eagerly handed over a printed report as soon as he led Qi Yun into the test workshop.
"Our new battery’s energy density has been measured at 900Wh/kg, which is 10% higher than our initial design!"
"Even after 2,000 charge cycles, the capacity only drops by 5%. If used in new energy vehicles, the lifespan would far exceed that of current batteries."
Energy density is an important metric for evaluating battery performance, reflecting the amount of energy a battery can store per unit volume or mass.
Simply put, it’s how much electricity a fixed-size container can hold.
The higher the energy density, the more electricity a battery of the same size or weight can store.
For new energy vehicles, this directly determines the driving range.
The same size battery pack with 900Wh/kg cells can double the range of one with mainstream 300-400Wh/kg cells, even making a thousand-kilometer range possible.
Though Qi Yun wasn’t too keen on new energy vehicles and had never studied them, after listening to Tao Ziming’s explanation, he got a clear understanding of this new battery material.
For now, the performance of this new battery was far ahead of the market’s main products, even seen as a next-generation breakthrough.
