Tech startup: I really do make mobile phones!

Chapter 46 Successfully Submitted for Inspection
Shenzhen Testing Institute.

The glass curtain wall gleamed coldly in the morning sunlight, and the bronze plaque of "National Lithium Battery Quality Inspection Center" on the wall at the entrance was so polished that it reflected one's image.

This is one of the first nationally recognized CCC-certified laboratories, capable of testing lithium-ion batteries and power banks used in electronic and electrical products, covering standards such as GB 31241.

The scope of testing mainly includes lithium battery-related products, such as lithium batteries for portable electronic products (e.g., mobile phones, tablets, etc.) and power banks (power banks, energy storage power supplies, etc.).

Chen Mo carried the battery explosion-proof box. The security guard's metal detector beeped as he opened it to show the ten prototype batteries, and then the guard let him in.

After entering the service hall of the testing institute, only three windows were open, and the queues all seemed to be about the same length. Chen Mo randomly picked a queue to join.

About half an hour later, several people ahead of him were asked to leave and change their own forms, and then it was Chen Mo's turn.

"Hello! I'm Chen Mo from Orange Technology, who made an appointment yesterday to process 3C certification!"

Chen Mo moved his chair forward, getting closer to the microphone by the window, as he felt the glued-on microphone was too far away.

The explosion-proof box and briefcase were placed at his feet.

Inside the window, the customer service representative sitting in front of the computer was a young woman, her fingers flying across the keyboard, tap-tap-tap.
Without turning her head, she asked, "Have you brought the business license copy, product specifications, and sample quantities?"

"I brought it! I brought it!"

Chen Mo, who was doing 3C certification for the first time, quickly opened the explosion-proof box, took out the documents from his briefcase, and placed them on the counter.

The girl finally turned her head, her ponytail sweeping over her shoulder. Her gaze lingered for half a second on the word "sample" on the explosion-proof box, while her fingers continued to fly across the keyboard.

"Ten samples?" She pulled out a form and tossed it into the aisle under the window: "Fill out the application form first!"

Companies that are familiar with 3C certification will usually prepare one or two extra sets in order to make their products stand out.

If you bring a set of ten according to the rules, then whatever data is detected, the testing institute can only fill in that data.

The testing institute will not falsify anything, that's a given, but we still try our best to ensure that our clients' products demonstrate excellent quality.

Looks like this person is a newbie!

Chen Mo, puzzled, took the pen tied with the spring rope and obediently filled out the form.

"Hello! I've finished filling it out!"

After writing it down, Chen Mo put it back into the channel slot.

The young girl across from me glanced at it, then tapped her pen on the "Technical Principles" section: "Gaseous electrolytes? We don't."

The black landline next to her computer suddenly rang. The young girl quickly put down her pen and watch and answered the call.

Chen Mo was outside the window and could only vaguely hear her address the director across the way, then nod repeatedly saying "okay," "understand," and "I know."

Hmm! Actually, Chen Mo understands the staff at these windows quite well. In his previous life, he also used various excuses to describe the cattle and horses he received, so why bother getting angry with them?

The 3C certification process is complicated. Every day, the young woman faces countless people submitting samples for testing. She repeats the same questions, and her tone is inevitably indifferent.

Therefore, Chen Mo was quite tolerant of the girl's somewhat cold attitude and waited for her to tell him how to modify the table.

The little girl hung up the phone, and a smile instantly bloomed on her face. Her eyebrows and eyes curved into crescent moons, and her tone was as sweet as honey.

"Mr. Chen!? Your documents and forms have all passed the review!" She deftly pulled out another gold-embossed form and had Chen Mo swipe his card: "Here! After we pay the 20,000 yuan certification fee here, we can directly connect with the certification engineer!"

Um... Is it that convenient?

Chen Mo asked the fishing buddies on the forum, "Didn't they say that filling out forms and submitting documents at the window would take at least a morning?" He paid the authentication fee using Orange Technology's corporate account.

"Mr. Chen! Please wait a moment!" The young woman at the window pressed the internal phone, her voice crisp and clear: "Is this Engineer Zhou? We have a customer here for 3C certification of a mobile phone lithium battery. Could you please come over?"

Chen Mo waited for a while, and then the side door on the far side of the window clicked open.

A middle-aged man wearing round-framed glasses strode out to greet them, the pen clipped to his white coat pocket reflecting the light.

"Mr. Chen! Hello!" He politely shook Chen Mo's hand: "Give me the certification project form!"

Chen Mo hesitated for a moment before handing him the gold-embossed form.

The young woman who had just been processing Chen Mo's paperwork at the window had somehow appeared outside as well.

She deftly affixed the laser-printed "Orange Technology" red label to the explosion-proof box and stamped it with the company seal.

As she turned around, she lowered her voice and said, "Mr. Chen! If it's inconvenient for you, let me help you carry it in!"

Forehead.
Before Chen Mo could even speak, the enthusiastic young girl had already taken action.

People who came to apply for 3C certification nearby looked at Chen Mo with surprise, thinking, "Your connections are really strong!"

"TianTu semi-solid-state battery! What do you mean TianTu semi-solid-state is a trademark?! We're here for lithium battery product certification. I don't want to repeat myself. Next!"

In the remaining two windows, one was a middle-aged woman with a loud voice, and the other was an elderly man leisurely taking a sip of goji berry water, wearing reading glasses, and typing on the keyboard with one finger!
In comparison, the young woman on Chen Mo's side was quite efficient; she would just tell you where the form was wrong, what information was missing, and tell you to go and prepare it before coming back, while she called on the next person.

Customer reception room of the testing institute.

Zhou Gong neatly stacked the completed certification project form and Chen Mo's submitted inspection materials, and pushed them to one side of the smooth conference table.

"Mr. Chen, please rest assured that we will focus on key aspects such as full-temperature-range cycle testing and overcharge protection."

As he stood up, the hem of his white coat swept across the chair, revealing his name tag underneath: "I'll let you know as soon as the certification results are available!"

A moment after Chen Mo stepped out of the reception room, the motorcycle taxi driver who had brought him to the testing institute earlier walked into the reception room.

As Zhou watched him put away the pinhole recording device from the book opposite him and the listening button on his white coat, he unconsciously pressed his palm on the table.

"Comrade Zheng!" Engineer Zhou looked at the other party inspecting the red label on the explosion-proof box and felt a little embarrassed. With cameras around, how could he dare to touch it!
"Comrade Zheng, I have a question, but I'm not sure if I should ask it?"

For an engineer like Mr. Zhou, who specializes in lithium battery certification, the gaseous lithium-ion battery that Mr. Chen brought would have been something he would never have seen before; the customer service representative at the window would have been turned away.

But with Comrade Zheng involved, and the fact that he signed a confidentiality agreement after only seeing a title, it's no wonder he's curious!

"Don't ask the questions you shouldn't ask!"

Xiao Zheng's first lesson upon joining the National Security Bureau was to ingrain the word "secrecy" into his very being.

After seeing Engineer Zhou off, Xiao Zheng stayed alone in the reception room, "guarding" the top secret.

As the second hand of the digital clock on the wall skipped past 14:27, he pressed the button on his headset.

"Notify Team B's field operations that the target battery prototype has been obtained. Immediately dispatch an explosion-proof escort vehicle equipped with an electromagnetic shielding device and activate the jamming frequency band along the route to prevent signal tracking!"

Ultimately, the 10 gaseous ion battery prototypes that Chen Mo submitted for testing today were safely delivered to the Shenzhen National Key Laboratory of New Energy.

(End of this chapter)