Chapter Four: One Battery Buys a Neighborhood

Han looked at the healing burns on Zhou's arm. “You saved my life and now handed me an era. Why refuse credit?” “Because I want to survive until launch day.” Twelve samples went to six automakers. The first call arrived four hours later. By nightfall, preliminary orders totaled 4.7 billion yuan. Vaughan's suppliers immediately cut off high-purity separator film. An international patent consortium filed infringement notices. “He wants the process or our bankruptcy,” Lin said. Zhou unfolded a map of Linjiang's abandoned industrial district. “We don't need his separators. An old textile mill can convert its electrospinning line. The coating precursor is a coal-chemical byproduct. He Chongshan's scrapyard still has retired aerospace film equipment.”