The richest man: I really don’t want to make money.

Chapter 1849 Charging Station Budget

"We don't need to franchise. Even if we did, could we guarantee that the franchisees would be responsible? If they try to save money and make the charging station environment look terrible, wouldn't that be very irresponsible to our customers?"

"Since we sell electric vehicles, we must be responsible for the charging of electric vehicle owners and provide them with a good environment for charging."

"Therefore, we absolutely cannot leave the charging station project to others; we must do it ourselves."

"Just think about it briefly: what is needed to build a charging station, and how much would it cost?"

Chen Mo looked at Chang Zishan and slowly said, "In order to consume funds, we need to build our own charging stations."

"I understand Mr. Chen."

Chang Zishan nodded when she heard Chen Mo's words. She had only given a suggestion, but since President Chen insisted on building the charging station himself, that was fine with her.

She had considered the charging station issue in detail, and both recruiting agents and building the charging stations herself had their own advantages.

Recruiting agents is less risky, as it distributes most of the risk to those agents.

After all, the most important thing about a charging station is not its supporting facilities, but its location. If the location is not good, no matter how well the charging station is built, there will still be a lot of people coming to charge their devices.

“I looked into the cost of building a charging station in detail. Building a charging station requires renting land, purchasing large transformers, cables, charging piles, as well as hardening the ground, rain shelters, and other facilities such as signs and road signs.”

"Overall, the average price of each charging station is around 15 to 30 yuan, with the main price difference depending on the city."

"Land rents are higher in first-tier cities, so more capital is needed."

Chang Zishan briefly explained the prices of the charging stations, which she had arranged for people to conduct a detailed investigation.

Upon hearing Chang Zishan's words, Chen Mo fell into deep thought. The cost of building a charging station ranges from 15 to 30 yuan, which is already very high and enough to consume his funds.

Thinking of this, he looked up at Chang Zishan and asked.

"So, how much budget do you think we would need for the initial investment to build our own charging stations?"

His idea was naturally to build as many charging stations as possible, but just like his previous investment in Nanhe Coffee, he couldn't build Nanhe Coffee shops indefinitely.

Overall, the number of coffee shops should be determined based on the city's demand for them, and they can only be opened up to the point of saturation.

Moreover, just like with charging stations, he cannot build charging stations indefinitely. After all, if the market only has 50 new energy vehicles, but he wants to invest in 100 million charging stations, this is definitely not within the scope allowed by the system.

Of course, the sales of new energy vehicles are constantly increasing, and he can invest more in advance, but not much more.

Therefore, based on the budget provided by Chang Zishan, he could only test the system in more detail to see how much system funding was appropriate to invest this time.

Of course, this project is not a one-time project. If the number of new energy vehicles increases in the future and their existing charging stations can no longer meet the needs, they can appropriately increase investment.

However, that's all for the future. At least in the current settlement period, there's no way to invest a second time.

Not considering it for now!

"Mr. Chen, new energy vehicles have only been on the market for a short time, and sales of all new energy vehicles are not very high."

"Therefore, the demand for charging piles will not be too high. We can arrange the number of charging stations based on the number of new energy vehicles in each region."

"At present, it is sufficient to build charging stations in first-tier cities and some large high-speed charging stations."

"I've calculated this in detail, and an initial investment of about 50 billion should be enough."

Chang Zishan said earnestly, "New energy vehicles have only been around for six months, and the overall number of people buying them is not very large."

Therefore, there is no need to invest too many charging stations in the early stages, since the number of charging stations is determined by the number of new energy vehicles.

50 billion!

This is far too little; it's completely below his expectations.

I just don't know what the maximum investment allowed by the system is.

Chen Mo tapped his fingers lightly on the table, pretending to be deep in thought.

Seeing President Chen deep in thought, Chang Zishan wondered to herself, "Could it be that this investment is too much?"

That doesn't make sense either. According to the managers in the management group, General Manager Chen is never stingy with investment funds.

Is the group facing a cash crunch recently? But with an investment of 5 billion, there's no need to invest immediately. She should at least first assemble a team, conduct on-site inspections in various locations, and contact reliable transformer companies to discuss custom transformer projects.

Overall, a few hundred million yuan should be enough to cover the initial operating costs.

Only after all the preparatory work is completed can we start building the charging stations.

A few minutes later.

Chen Mo's face lit up with joy. When he heard that Chang Zishan's budget was only 50 billion, he had already given up hope of how much money this time would cost.

But to everyone's surprise, after the initial test, the largest investment this time was actually 10 times the amount Chang Zishan had just budgeted.

500 billion.

Not bad,

With this 500 billion yuan investment, he has hope for large-scale settlements again.

Thinking of this, he looked up at Chang Zishan sitting opposite him.

"I've just thought about it, and 500 billion yuan is a bit too little. This time, I'll invest 50 billion yuan in the charging station project."

Chang Zishan was completely stunned when she heard President Chen's words.

Feeling a little ashamed of his earlier thoughts, he realized that the veteran managers truly understood President Chen.

It turns out that the reason Ms. Chen pondered for so long was not because her budget was too small, but because it was too low.

However, her projections were based on the current number of new energy vehicles on the market, and even included some additional vehicles.

“Mr. Chen, an investment of 500 billion yuan is enough to meet the current charging needs of new energy vehicles. 50 billion yuan is completely unnecessary.”

"By then, there will likely be many vacant charging stations, and the subsequent maintenance and upkeep of the charging piles will require a lot of investment."

"If there are too many vacant charging stations, there is a risk of losses."

Chang Zishan couldn't help but remind him that if it were 100-200 billion, it wouldn't be a big deal, and there wouldn't be too much waste of charging stations.

After all, new energy vehicles are mobile and there is always an opportunity to use them.

However, 500 billion is far too much, especially considering the current number of new energy vehicles.

Upon hearing Chang Zishan's words, Chen Mo simply waved his hand.

"It's alright, this 500 billion investment is not much at all."