Chapter 375: Leading the new development of automobiles, the peninsula chaebol are unanimously xenophobic
“This is a complete contract. The two bosses can review it. If there are no problems, they can sign and seal it.”
Dragon Kingdom Deep City.
Longxing Group Headquarters Base.
In the office on the top floor of the office building, the lawyers from both sides had put away their papers and placed the negotiated formal contract in front of Chen Xing and Zhang Ming.
Since he was investing in ByteDance, Chen Xing watched it very carefully.
Perhaps no one understands the value of ByteDance now, but in two or three years, its 30% stake will be enough to support Longxing Group’s daily expenses, even R&D expenses and expansion expenses.
You must know that short video users kill all groups.
About ten minutes passed, Chen Xing put down the formal contract, looked at Zhang Ming and said: "I have no problem with it, you can sign it at any time."
"The same goes for me."
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Zhang Ming also put down the contract and said.
Both parties agreed, and Rebus smiled and continued to mediate: "Then what are you waiting for? Let's sign the contract."
He also saw that Chen Xing and Zhang Ming It's about everyone getting what they need.
Chen Xing is optimistic about short videos and wants to use the international version of short videos to further expand overseas markets. Zhang Ming needs big data to cooperate with core algorithms to accurately identify users’ preferences and then push interesting content video.
In the adult world, we are not as loyal as children. It is normal for everyone to take what they need and complement each other's weaknesses.
Why do so many people in professions like doctors, policemen, and teachers like to make friends, and even spend a lot of money to organize them?
Very simple.
People can provide value when necessary.
If you know a doctor from a tertiary hospital, you can get an expert account through internal channels, eliminating the need to wait for several months.
Teachers share the same sentiment. It can be as small as a desk or as large as a school. As long as you have a good relationship, others can help you run the business.
And why do schools like to invite “successful” students back to school to give speeches?
To put it bluntly, it is still a donation.
The essence of society is that everyone gets what they need. As long as you have the value that others need, you can use your "chip" to make friends, instead of being loyal like a child, which will only make others go home. Block your WeChat account.
Precisely because each took what he wanted, Chen Xing and Zhang Ming completed the signing in less than two minutes without any ink marks.
Three contracts, one for each, and one for notarization.
“It’s a pleasure to cooperate with Mr. Chen.”
Zhang Ming stood up and extended his hand.
Although he is four or five years older than Chen Xing, this is not a family meeting. Age does not increase the right to speak. Only the company's market value, social status, and sufficient liquidity can increase the right to speak. , Chen Xing is clearly better than Zhang Ming at present.
“It’s a pleasure to cooperate.”
Chen Xing stood up and shook hands in response.
After the two parties sat down again, Rebus put down the teacup in his hand, looked at Chen Xing and said, "One more thing..."
He made a look and signaled to the lawyer who was still in the office drafting the contract.
Rebus's meaning was very obvious, that is, it was inconvenient to say that there were outsiders present. Chen Xing could naturally understand what he meant, waved his hand and said: "You guys can go out first."
"Okay CEO."
Longxing Group's lawyer resigned first.
Zhang Ming also winked. The lawyer he called just hesitated for a second and left the office quickly.
With only Chen Xing, Rebus, and Zhang Ming left in the office, Rebus also spoke: "Masik and the Magic City officially signed a gambling agreement. Do you know about this incident? ”
“I know.”
Chen Xing nodded slightly.
The circle of entrepreneurs in Longguo is very small. If there is any disturbance in the country, it will basically spread to everyone's ears through various channels or channels in less than three days.
Moreover, as a reborn person, he knew earlier than anyone else that Masik was going to sign a gambling contract with Magic City.
The reason is very simple, that is, Masik’s Tesla can no longer survive in Europe and the United States. The interest chain he has touched is so large that even Angsa Capital cannot protect him.
As we all know, since the development of fuel vehicles, a large number of patented technologies have been controlled by Western developed countries. Even with the rise of Japanese cars later, most of the market is dominated by German, British, French and American cars. .
If you develop electric vehicles and completely surpass fuel vehicles, won’t the pattern of the automotive field have to be reshuffled?
Can the United States accept the reshuffle?
Can Germany, Britain and France accept the shuffle?
Or can Japan and South Korea accept the reshuffle?
Because of the huge chain of interests involved, Tesla has been suppressed in the European and American markets. Even Angsa Capital did not dare to help Marsick Tesla and could only let it fend for itself. destroy.
Faced with the inherent pattern, Masik can only seek a bigger blue ocean market to break through.
At first, he was interested in Ancient Xiangguo. He felt that the labor costs in Ancient Xiangguo were low, and the annual sales of cars were increasing. Furthermore, the market research report pointed out that 90% of Guxiangguo’s Families are not buying cars.
90% of ancient elephant families do not have cars, which means there is great potential.
As the fifth largest economy in the world, 90% of households do not have cars. Faced with such a "blue ocean market", Masik naturally had to conduct an on-site inspection and select a factory location.
However, Bu Lai didn’t know it, and he was confused when he arrived at the Ancient Xiang Kingdom.
Wealth is polarized, with 1% of the rich, 3% of the middle class, and 6% of well-off civilians controlling 95% of society’s wealth.
Except for the capital New Delhi, other places are no different from slums.
Let alone promoting electric vehicles, fuel vehicles are rare outside the capital. This is by no means the market that Masik wants.
If we have to enter the market of ancient Elephant Kingdom, Masik feels that we should design an electric car instead of an electric car.
After that, Masik came to Longguo. After half a year of inspection, he found that the social and economic wealth distribution in Longguo was fairly balanced. At least ordinary families could afford cars. The most important thing is that, Longguo's automobile manufacturing technology is relatively backward, and it is also looking for ways to break the situation.
You want to break the situation, and I also want to break the situation. It is normal for the two families to hit it off.
So the bosses in the automobile industry were not surprised when Masik signed a bet with Modu. They all knew what Long Country lacked.
Nowadays, Longguo's car companies are not so much car companies as they are foreign investment platforms. Most of the best-selling domestic models are joint venture cars. There are only a few purely domestically produced cars, and the market does not recognize domestically produced cars very well.
Seeing that Chen Xing already knew about Masik’s betting agreement, Rebus did not beat around the bush and said bluntly: “There is reliable inside information, and he will release the first model in the second half of the year. The price may be between 200,000 and 300,000."
"In the second half of the year?"
Chen Xing was stunned for half a second.
He originally thought that Tesla would follow its original trajectory and launch its first model in 2016, but he didn’t expect it to be earlier?
"Yes." Rebus nodded and continued: "So our pilot car is likely to have a schedule conflict with Tesla. This is why I came back to discuss it with you."
"What do you think, Mr. Ren?"
Chen Xing asked.
"What he said, I still want to ask for your opinion. I am waiting for your opinion whether to strike first or to wait for you." Rebus responded.
In fact, they all know little about electric vehicles, and the technology provider and technicians are all Longxing Group.
Chen Xing thought for a while and was not in a hurry to give an opinion. Instead, he was concerned about vehicle production and asked: "Where is our car?"
"Electronic control system." Rebus said quickly, Then he continued: "The motor has been developed, with a maximum horsepower of 300PS and a rated torque of 400N·m. This is a performance that only sports cars can have."
The more he talked, the more excited he became, and he sighed: " There is also a rated power of 220kW, which determines the maximum load capacity of the motor. Our car is not a sports car, but it is better than a sports car!”
“So powerful”
Zhang Ming couldn’t help but be surprised.
As a billionaire boss who is only in his thirties, he is very interested in and researches sports cars and their performance.
With a horsepower of 300 horses, you must know that an ordinary luxury car only has 200 horses. This is also a horsepower that ordinary people can easily control.
Once the power exceeds 200 horsepower, even if you step on the accelerator pedal lightly, the car will explode with strong power, which is equivalent to half the power of stepping on the pedal of a vehicle with less than 200 horses.
This is why many car rentals are prone to accidents.
We all thought that we were experienced drivers and wanted to experience Ferrari, McLaren, and Lamborghini. However, as soon as we stepped on the accelerator pedal, we couldn't control the power at all, and something happened naturally.
"The performance of this motor is really great." Chen Xing couldn't help but sigh.
Because he wanted to build a car, he also deliberately learned about cars.
He didn’t mention the 300 horsepower, which was a proper sports car standard, with a rated torque of 400N·m. This was what surprised Chen Xing.
What is rated torque?
In professional terms, it is the force that causes an object to rotate.
Anyone who has dismantled a fuel vehicle knows that the reason why it can run is because the piston inside the engine is constantly moving up and down.
The piston is connected to the crankshaft below through the connecting rod. At this time, the up and down movement of the piston will drive the crankshaft to rotate, and then drive the transmission shaft to rotate through the flywheel. The force driving the crankshaft to rotate is the rated torque, also called the rated torque. Torque.
A car with excellent performance may not have much horsepower, but its rated torque value directly determines its driving performance.
This is why some people buy 200-horsepower domestic fuel vehicles, but they are not as powerful as other people’s 180-horsepower Japanese or German cars. The problem comes from the rated torque.
Now based on the paper data alone, Chen Xing is confident that he can defeat Tesla.
With a maximum power of 300 horsepower, a continuous output of 220kW, and a heavyweight rated torque of 400N·m, who else would he want to ask about this motor?
Sign a gambling agreement?
This time I will bankrupt you!
The corner of Chen Xing's mouth unconsciously drew a faint arc. He wanted to clear up Masik and the Angsa military-industrial complex behind him one by one. He was responsible for bombing the Pakistan Railway 4G signal base station. But I always remember it.
Seeing Chen Xing's smile, Rebus couldn't help but joke: "If the parameters of this motor were revealed, others would probably think we were going to build a sports car. It has 300 horsepower. Who would have thought that this is just for home use?" A car?”
“I really thought we were going to build a sports car.”
Zhang Ming sighed.
He didn’t even dare to think about the parameters of a family car.
After simply calming down, Chen Xing asked: "What's going on with the electronic control system? Have you encountered any problems?"
The electronic control system is inside the electric car,
"It's complicated when it comes to this." Rebus is not a professional car builder, so he can only give a rough description: "Chief Hua Ming seems to have said that the silicon carbide high-voltage platform needs to continue to be studied. In short, it needs time to settle."< br>
“That’s it.”
Chen Xing nodded slightly.
Now Longxing Group’s mobile phones are selling well at home and abroad, and it still has 7 billion in liquidity on its books, which may be able to add fuel to the fire of electric vehicles.
Now that the three major components of electric vehicles, the lithium battery and the motor have been solved, only the electronic control system is left, and he can’t wait.
"Look at the schedule collision..."
Rebus continued to ask.
After all, his opponent is Masik, a man known as the real-life Iron Man, and he has to treat him with caution. "His Tesla is great. It may not be disadvantageous for us to pilot the car, so let's give it a try." Chen Xing made his decision.
Change the date?
Doesn't exist!
Besides, Chen Xing still has an ace up his sleeve, so Tesla is doomed to fail this time.
"Then let me tell Mr. Ren that he is still busy working on lidar. The automotive field has indeed touched my blind spot of knowledge."
Rebus said with an embarrassed smile.
"Lidar should be a self-driving thing. Let's take a look at it then." After Chen Xing briefly explained, he changed the topic: "By the way, how long will you be in Shenzhen this time?"
"Two days at most."
Rebus thought for a while and replied.
Due to the surge in chip production capacity, Longxing Group began to supply external chips, and Rice Company could also resume its mobile phone business.
The mobile phone business and the car business overlap, and he does not have much free time.
“Two days?”
Chen Xing thought for a while and invited: "That's just right. You stay with me these two days, and I will return to the Imperial Capital with you in two days."
"You want to go to the Imperial Capital?"
Rebus was a little confused. He didn't know what Chen Xing was doing in the imperial capital.
"Yes." Chen Xing nodded and did not hide anything. He said bluntly: "Electric vehicles cannot be promoted nationwide immediately. They need to be piloted in cities. I plan to pilot them in Shenzhen and the Imperial Capital, so I have to go to the Imperial Capital to do it. Something.”
“Where is the Magic City?”
Rebus asked.
"Magic City..."
Chen Xing smiled calmly and said seriously: "There will be car companies over there that will start a price war with them, so we will just be prepared to pick up the slack."
< br>"There will be car companies fighting Tesla..." Rebus thought for a few seconds, and the names of several car companies flashed through his mind. If they really get involved, they might really be able to pick up the slack.
……
And on the other side.
SAIC Headquarters in Shanghai.
The fact that Masik signed a gambling agreement and received an official 40 billion allocation from Shanghai Automobile City has already spread throughout the automotive industry.
Originally, SAIC CEO Chen Hong was not optimistic about electric vehicles, but as Tesla entered the market and disrupted the situation, his attitude also changed 180 degrees. At this time, the group was working on the "Electric Vehicle Research and Development" 》Guidance meeting.
Chen Hong, who was sitting in the main seat, looked serious and said in a deep voice: "Longxing Group announced that it will build electric cars. Now Tesla has also entered the market, bringing a lot of advanced technology. At the same time, BYD also announced We must not wait any longer to launch electric vehicles.”
“Marketing Department, go and conduct research immediately. I want to know the market’s attitude towards electric vehicles and their willingness to buy at specific prices.”
"The technical department must set up a special team for lithium batteries, motors, and electronic control systems within one week. The human resources department must cooperate well and publish recruitment information for technical personnel."
"In addition, those responsible for the supply chain, Looking for a suitable lithium battery manufacturer, I want detailed parameters, do you understand? ”
“I understand. ”
As soon as Chen Hong finished speaking, the department heads who were named responded one after another. They all understood that their boss was always caught in the middle.
In the past, there were new car manufacturing forces. Longxing Group, Kunpeng Company, and Rice Company announced the production of electric vehicles. Later, Tesla, an established electric vehicle brand, came to Shanghai to build a super factory.
The most important thing is that BYD CEO Wang Fu also announced that he would invest 20 billion to build electric vehicles and set up a special team.
With the combination of various circumstances, anyone who is not a fool can feel that the world of Longguo's automobile industry is about to change.
Whoever fails to keep up with the times will eventually be abandoned by the times.
SAIC is not the only one panicking now. BAIC Group, Guangzhou Automobile Group, Dongfeng Motor Group, Changan Automobile Group, and other car companies have announced that they will set up special groups to study electric vehicles.
The happiest thing now is the lithium battery manufacturers, such as CATL, Desai Battery, SCUD, etc. People are sitting at home, and the wind of the times is blowing directly in.
As for foreign car companies such as BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Audi, Honda, etc., they all know that the Longguo market is setting off a trend of building electric vehicles, but they do not care.
In the eyes of established car companies like them, electric cars are something that cannot be put on the market. Internal combustion engines are the romance of cars. No man can refuse the roar of the engine.
But they would not have thought that someone else had already thought of the "simulation engine".
Do you need an internal combustion engine if you want roar?
No!
This can be simulated completely.
……
Peninsula Seoul.
Longxing Group Branch Building.
President’s Office.
Li Zhenzhen was sitting at his workstation, checking the sales data of the Bear Market and the Island Market in his mailbox.
Since opening up these two markets, the international influence of the Longxing mobile phone brand has skyrocketed.
Bai Lai Group and Linghang Group want to continue to block the news. It is not as easy as before. Now they cannot block it at all.
Many people in the United States have learned through the Internet that Longguo has taken the lead in developing and applying 5G high-speed networks.
“In Mao Xiong Market, a total of 30 million units of Longxing X2 and Longxing A1 mobile phones were sold in 20 days, and they are still out of stock. It seems necessary to continue to increase market supply.”
“ The island market sold 11 million units in seven days, and there was also a wave of panic buying. Now only the peninsula market is left."
Li Zhenzhen muttered to himself.
As long as the markets of Mao Xiong and Japan and South Korea are fully opened, Longxing Group will complete its strategic layout in East Asia.
“Dong Dong——”
Suddenly, there was a knock on the door in the office.
Li Zhenzhen reduced the size of his mailbox and looked at the office door.
Next second.
A middle-aged man pushed open the door and walked in.
His name is Li Zhili, and he belongs to a branch of the Li family. He is less than 1.65 meters tall, and his eyes and facial features reveal a shrewdness.
Although he is a collateral bloodline, his lineage has a good relationship with the direct lineage, so he has a good status in the Korean Star Group. After Li Zhenzhen returned to the peninsula, Li Chile was the first to respond and jumped to the Longxing Group. One member.
“What’s the matter?”
Li Zhenzhen didn’t waste time.
Li Zhili has long been accustomed to the behavior of his "eldest princess", and quickly reported the situation: "Lee Jae-yong has taken action, and he wants to start a price war with us."
"Price war?"
Li Zhenzhen frowned secretly.
As far as she knows, Korean Star Group does not target mobile phones for the bottom market, and basically only makes mid-to-high-end mobile phones.
A price war?
Are you going into a price war with Longxing Mobile?
Is Lee Jae-yong crazy?
Li Zhenzhen expressed that he could not understand.
However, Li Zhizhi nodded and told the whole story: "According to reports from our internal eyeliners, Korean Star Group passed the subsidy meeting. Whether it is high-end mobile phones or mid-range mobile phones, the ratio will be 80%. To subsidize is to be in conflict with us.”
“80% subsidy?”
Li Zhenzhen was stunned.
She didn’t expect Lee Jae-yong to be so ruthless. It was clear that he wanted to gather the power of the entire company to suppress the development of Longxing Mobile in the peninsula.
“There’s…one more thing.”
Li Zhili was hesitant to speak.
“Say.”
Li Zhenzhen’s tone was calm.
She thought that the peninsula market would be particularly difficult, but she did not expect it to be so difficult. First, the promotional channels were restricted, and now Lee Jae-yong planned to engage in a price war, making it clear that he wanted to drag down the Longxing Group.
Furthermore, Li Zhenzhen guessed that he was waiting for the launch of the 5G high-speed network in the United States.
After receiving the instruction, Li Zhili did not hesitate anymore and said in a solemn tone: "Gmarket, Auction, and Lotte online shopping platforms all refused to list Longxing mobile phones. Lee Jae-yong seems to have reached some agreement with several other chaebols. We were squeezed out."
Li Zhenzhen: "..."
This news is undoubtedly a bolt from the blue.
It is not allowed to be put on shopping platforms, and media promotion channels are also restricted. Korean Star Group also subsidizes 80% of the sales of mobile phones. With these three tricks combined, Li Zhenzhen knows what Li Jae-yong wants to do.
Now Lee Jae-yong’s strategy is to seize users in the mobile phone market first and absorb the mobile phone users who want to change their phones but have no money to do so.
By then, even if Longxing mobile phones are officially released, many users who have just bought a new mobile phone will most likely not buy another one.
In plain language, Lee Jae-yong wants to consume the market potential in advance and let Longxing Group have a Waterloo on the peninsula.
After all, mobile phones are not for eating. Who would buy a mobile phone when they have nothing to do?
The peninsula market was so tricky that Li Zhenzhen couldn't find a breakthrough. She waved her hand and said: "I understand, you can go out first."
"Okay."
Li Zhenzhen He nodded and exited the office.
As soon as he walked out of the office, Li Zhizhi took out his mobile phone and sent a text message to the number noted by "???". The content was very simple, and the summary was just four words: "Hit the weak spot."
< br>Not far from the peninsula branch building of Yongxing Group, the Korean Star Group Headquarters Building, Lee Jae-yong’s mobile phone dinged in the top floor office.
I saw him take out his mobile phone, check the content of the text message, and then turn off the screen and mutter to himself: "It seems that the three-ban ax really works, then we will subsidize 80% according to the plan and consume Longxing mobile phones in advance "
If it were the market of other countries, no company would dare to subsidize 80%. This would be a total loss.
The peninsula is different.
Plutocrats are king here.
80% of the subsidies given out today can be disbursed by users through other channels another day, because 99% of the jobs here are provided by chaebols.
As an outsider, Yongheung Group came to seize the pie of the peninsula chaebol. Lee Jae-yong reached an alliance agreement with LG Group, Lotte Group, and SK Hynix with just a few words, uniting and unanimously xenophobic. This is why Lee Jin-zhen cannot build momentum through the media. reason.
(End of this chapter)