"Monopoly?"
"Sue Chen Xing for monopoly?"
"Oh my God, this is a great way. This is the real trick that can win over Pilot 001, Masik You are too smart.”
“Even if Linghang 001 cannot be withdrawn from the market, as long as the price can be increased, it will be our victory.”
Marsik’s words “Monopoly. ", completely ignited the atmosphere in the dinner box, and they all seemed to have found an outlet.
Those who have never done business may not understand that "monopoly" is not allowed in any country, at least not at the legal level.
Because monopoly means having pricing power, this will result in commodity prices no longer being subject to market constraints, but entirely based on personal wishes.
For example, before 1870, diamonds were a scarcer mineral resource than gold and were favored by many royal families.
At that time, a 3-carat diamond ring could be exchanged for 4 tons of gold, and there was still gold but no diamonds, because there were too few natural diamond mines that could cut 3-carat diamonds.
However, with the unintentional discovery of a super diamond mine in South Africa in 1870, the amount of diamonds stored in it was exposed. The royal family, who learned the inside information immediately, realized that "scarcity" had disappeared, and they were no longer keen on wearing diamonds. .
Just when diamonds were about to depreciate sharply, several diamantaires around the world hit it off and established the De Beers Company. They directly bought the super diamond mine in South Africa and restricted the mining volume, so that diamonds around the world were still scarce. They also used advertising to promote diamonds. The ring is bound to love and has harvested the world for more than a century.
In more than a century of harvest, De Beers has made a lot of money by artificially manipulating diamond prices.
Of course.
The reason why I can make so much money is also due to advertising.
The saying "A diamond is forever, a diamond will last forever" not only binds diamonds to love, even though diamonds can now be synthesized artificially, there are still a large number of newlyweds who are willing to pay thousands or even tens of thousands of dollars. Buy a real diamond ring and pay the "loyalty fee" for the love between both parties.
In addition to diamond monopoly, there is also an example of vitamin C monopoly.
Yes!
Vitamin C can also be monopolized.
3 yuan for 100 tablets of vitamin C. In the 1950s and 1960s, there were only three pharmaceutical companies in the world that could produce vitamin C, namely Roche of Switzerland, BASF of Germany and Takeda of Japan.
After the three groups jointly purchased the patented technology of Lai's chemical extraction method, they quickly established the Vitamin C Alliance and began to speculate on the price of vitamin C.
At its peak, one kilogram of vitamin C cost 26 US dollars. You know, that was 26 US dollars in the 1950s and 1960s. If converted to today, it is equivalent to two to three thousand yuan.
One kilogram of vitamin C costs 2,000 to 3,000 yuan. You can imagine how huge profits a monopoly can bring.
It is precisely because of huge profits that most countries around the world have monopoly laws, with the purpose of preventing the recurrence of similar monopoly cases like diamonds and vitamin C.
"If we really sue the monopoly, we might be able to bring down Chen Xing." Chen Hong lowered her voice and conveyed the news to Zeng Hong beside her.
“Who is going to be the leader?”
Hearing this, Zeng Hong immediately asked in a low voice.
“I feel that Ma Siike will be the first person, otherwise, he would not be anxious to have so many people to form this game.” Changan Group CEO Tang Ruiyang heard the conversation between the two and also lowered his voice to express his views .
Since the entire box was divided into several small teams, they were all talking individually, and not many people paid attention to the conversation between Chen Hong and others.
“Ahem.”
Masik coughed twice, signaled for silence and tried again: “What do you think about suing Chen Xing and their monopoly?”
"Okay!"
"Very good!"
"I definitely support it!"
As soon as Masik finished speaking, the CEO of the foreign company in the box, and Long Guoche The bosses of the company all expressed their opinions one after another.
Now they are a community of interests, with interests tied together to advance and retreat together, and the three companies, Longxing Group, Kunpeng Company, and Rice Company, are their enemies.
“A luxury car with million-level performance only sells for more than 200,000 yuan. Even if they don’t have a monopoly, they already have signs of a monopoly. I believe that antitrust laws around the world will not sit idly by. "Honda Group CEO Otaki Kazuki glanced at the audience and expressed his views.
“Yes, as long as the price is raised, we will win.” Toyota Group CEO Nishikawa Takahiro also expressed his point of view.
The moment the two of them finished speaking, everyone in the box nodded in agreement.
For them to be sitting here, they have already made their attitude and position clear.
This is just like a circle. No matter when you are in school or when you enter society, almost no one deliberately clamors to form a circle, but people will gradually form small groups in the process of getting along. The reason is that "we share the same odor" ".
"Then who will sue?"
Chen Hong asked boldly.
His sudden voice not only attracted the attention of everyone in the box, but also caused many people to frown.
If there is a chain of contempt in this dinner, then the CEOs of Longguo Automobile Company are at the bottom, because they rely on "blood sucking" to get up.
In other words, even if a pig runs SAIC, it can still have a market value of over 100 billion, because the core technologies are all foreign.
The momentary solidification of the atmosphere in the box and the silence of the air made Chen Hong extremely embarrassed. He originally wanted to increase his presence and show his "loyalty" by the way.
After all, this is one of the few dinner parties that gathers most of the world's top car companies, and its value is immeasurable.
The silence in the air and the lack of anyone talking made Zeng Hong feel a little embarrassed. He felt that he should not sit next to Chen Hong. This guy was too clinging to the crowd and only seeking profit.
Fortunately, Masik is not stupid. Although he despises the CEO of Longguo Automobile Company from the bottom of his heart, he knows very well that their enemies now are Chen Xing, Ren Guofei, and Rebus, one more People have more power.
“It is impossible to sue a certain person or a certain company, so I would like to call on everyone to jointly accuse Longxing Group, Kunpeng Company and Rice Company of practicing monopoly.”
"Okay!"
"Bah bang bang——"
As soon as Masik finished speaking, Honda Group CEO Otaki Kazuki immediately voted in favor and took the lead in applauding.
For a time, the box was filled with applause, and the previous embarrassing atmosphere disappeared.
“Co-branding is good. Joint-branding may not be taken seriously by one company, but with more than a dozen companies, everyone will have to consider it.”
“That’s right, not only Jointly complain to Longguo and other countries to boycott Pilot 001 cars!”
“Haha, this method works!”
“That’s right, that’s good!”< br>
The CEOs of foreign companies were smiling and chatting and laughing, but because Chen Hong figured out that these people did not want to see her, she could only nod in agreement without expressing her opinion.
He finally understood what it meant to make money and eat shit.
However, although money is difficult to earn, it has to be earned. He does not want to become Nokia and disappear in the long river of history.
"Gou Jian lay down on the firewood and tasted the courage. Han Xin was humiliated under the crotch. Hold it back and don't get angry. You can't get angry." Zeng Hong kept comforting himself in his heart.
Not only Zeng Hong, but other CEOs of Longguo car companies were also laughing, and none of them chose to leave the box.
If someone gave them a slap in the face during other dinners, they didn’t need to think about it, they just left without saying a word.
But not this time, they really have no choice this time. The pricing of Pilot 001 is price-breaking...
No!
It is the coffin-lifting level.
Seeing that everyone in the box was echoing, Masik also took advantage of the victory and said: "Since everyone has no objections, let me start. Everyone will sign a joint complaint letter tonight, and I will find someone to send it to the market supervision of Longguo. General Administration, we will sue Chen Xing and others for monopoly in Shencheng Court tomorrow."
"I will listen to your arrangement."
Otaki Kazuki was the first to agree.
Others did not remain silent and spoke in agreement.
“Yes, yes, I listen to you.”
“I agree, every day Pilot 001 is sold for one more day, we lose a day, we must use our troops quickly to sue them to death!”< br>
"Well said!"
"I'll ask the waiter to get a pen and paper." Masik stood up. Since it was not a contract, there was no need for a lawyer to be present.
In less than a moment, Masik walked back in with paper, pen and ink pad.
Then without any hesitation, he wrote down hundreds of English words and finally pressed his fingerprint.
Because they were watching Masik write it, others also knew what it said, so they all signed and pressed their fingerprints.
Masik picked up the complaint letter that was full of fingerprints. He suppressed the joy in his heart and carefully checked whether there were any mistakes.
"GM Group, Ford Group, BMW Group, Mercedes-Benz Group, Audi Group, Honda Group, Toyota Group, Mitsubishi Group, Hyundai Group, SAIC Group, GAC Group, Changan Group..."
"Seventeen groups have signed, including my Tesla, 18, Chen Xing, let's see if you can jump up this time!"
Faced with so many car companies' co-signs Accused, no matter how excellent the performance of Linghang 001 is, it must be investigated for market monopoly.
Once the Pilot 001 car enters the investigation stage, it is not allowed to continue production during this period, that is to say, it must stop production. This time may be half a month, several months, or even one or two Year.
At that time, Masik can use this investigation period to sell his Tesla and complete his bet with the Magic City.
He didn't want to make this move, but Chen Xing went too far.
The price of a coupe with million-dollar performance is driving him to a dead end!
......
While Masik and others were still discussing the complaint letter, the gear lever at the entrance of Longxing Base was slowly raised, and an inconspicuous car The black Santana is driving into the park.
After driving around for a few minutes, Santana parked in the parking lot of the office building, and the main driver's door opened.
I saw a pure and sweet girl with a single ponytail getting out of the car. She closed the door and walked towards the office building.
"Is this Ms. Sumie Miyazaki?"
As soon as Sumie Miyazaki walked into the building, the receptionist at the front desk immediately asked and walked out of her desk.
“Yes.”
Miyazaki Sumie nodded in response.
Since she received education at an island school in the Dragon Kingdom, both Chinese and Japanese are extremely standard and she can communicate without any barriers.
"Please follow me."
After confirming the identity, the girl at the front desk quickly led the way.
Miyazaki Sumie followed her steps and took the elevator to the top floor.
“Ding——”
The elevator door opens.
The girl at the front desk made an invitation gesture and continued: "This way, please."
The two walked for a while and finally arrived at the door of Chen Xing's office. The door was not closed at this time.
Although the office door is not closed, knocking on the door as a reminder is a compulsory course.
“Dong dong——”
“President, Miss Sumie Miyazaki is here.”
Chen Xing, who was sitting in the office, heard this and moved his eyes from the screen Open it, look at the door and say: "Come in and close the door."
"Okay."
The girl at the front desk responded quickly.
Miyazaki Sumie did not hesitate and walked into the office quickly, and then she heard the sound of the door closing behind her.
In the dead of night, a man and a woman are alone, with the door closed tightly. Just looking at the text, there is something wrong with this.
"Come over here and sit here." Chen Xing stood up and walked towards the negotiation area. At this time, a pot of hot tea was already placed on the tea table, as if he had been waiting for a long time.
Half an hour ago.
Chen Xing was still in the marketing department, discussing the next campaign plan with Yao Nana, but his thoughts were suddenly interrupted by a phone call.
After getting through, the other party claimed to be Sumie Miyazaki and had important things to discuss.
At first, Chen Xing wanted to refuse. After all, he was attacking the island country's economy and finance. Any visit from Xiao Baga needed to be cautious to prevent them from jumping over the wall in a hurry.
However, Miyazaki Sumie seemed to have expected it, and quickly offered Chen Xing a bargaining chip that Chen Xing could not refuse. This made Chen Xing change his mind, but she could only come alone.
"Thank you."
Miyazaki Sumie sat down on the sofa on one side.
Perhaps it was because she was indoors, with the constant temperature of the air conditioner, she untied the scarf wrapped around her neck, folded it several times, and placed it on her knees.
"Drink some tea and warm up your body first. The temperature in Shencheng has been quite cold recently."
"Thank you very much."
The two drank half a cup of tea for each other and entered in tacit understanding. theme.
"Miss Chunhui, let's open the skylight and speak frankly. How can you help me quickly control the island country's semiconductor companies?"
Chen Xing went straight to the core topic.
"Quickly control the island country's semiconductor companies", it was precisely because Miyazaki Sumie threw this bargaining chip that Chen Xing was moved.
You must know that current semiconductor equipment mainly relies on Germany.
Although German equipment is good, in the final analysis, the initiative is handed over to outsiders.
Chen Xing doesn’t like to fix things immediately. He prefers to plan ahead. The problem of semiconductor equipment and the high-end industrial system must be solved at once.
“Mr. Chen, have you ever heard of holding shares on behalf of others?”
Miyazaki Sumie asked.
Chen Xing did not have any trouble at all, and replied calmly: "You want to hold the shares of a Japanese semiconductor company on my behalf?"
"It's not me, but the company behind me, Neon Telegraph Communications Company."
"You are here on behalf of your family?"
"Tell me why."
Chen Xing picked up the tea cup again, took a sip and waited for the next chapter.
Miyazaki Sumie knew very well that she only had this chance. After quickly organizing her words, she expressed her point of view and said:
"Ask us to be the trustee, and you will be the driving force behind the scenes. , the resistance to acquisitions will be much smaller, and Longxing Group can control them without even realizing it.”
“Continue.”
Chen Xing signaled.
Obviously, he was not moved.
Hearing this, Miyazaki Sumie also made some heavyweight revelations: "In the context of US dollar interest rate hikes, the top leaders of the island country are already dissatisfied with the existence of arbitrage transactions, and may suddenly announce in the near future If you want to raise interest rates, I can provide you with the inside information as soon as possible.”
“Raising interest rates, arbitrage trading”
Chen Xing was lost in thought.
Due to the interest rate hike situation, he has been studying finance for the past year, and naturally he has heard of the Japanese yen arbitrage trade.
The so-called yen arbitrage trade takes advantage of the generally zero interest rates of Japanese banks, borrows money at zero cost, converts it into U.S. dollars, and then deposits it into a U.S. bank to earn interest.
Just imagine, suppose you borrowed 10,000 US dollars worth of Japanese yen, and the repayment period is one year. During this year, you only need to deposit the money in a bank in the United States, and you can get it in one year. The interest of 1,000 U.S. dollars, exchange the U.S. dollars for Japanese yen at maturity, and repay the original yen, you will have 1,000 U.S. dollars left. Who can let go of this kind of thing?
Ordinary people let it go because they don’t know and lack cognition.
But the investment banks of international capital are all smart financial people, will they let it go? Obviously impossible!
Ever since the U.S. raised interest rates, they have started arbitrage trading. No one knows how much money they have deposited in U.S. banks.
Once the yen raises interest rates...
The consequences are simply unimaginable.
After weighing it, Chen Xing shook his head and said: "These alone are not enough for me to take the risk and trust you."
"You..."
Miyazaki Jun Huigang wanted to say that Chen Xing was greedy, but she swallowed it hard. She had no choice but to take the initiative, and besides, she also shouldered the family mission.
After calming down, she argued with reason: "This is enough, Mr. Chen. If you think about it carefully, if the island country really announces an interest rate hike, a large amount of Japanese yen will flow back to the island country, and the central bank with the money will I can fight a protracted war with you. According to your personality, you don’t want it to take too long, right?”
“Of course.” Chen Xing nodded and gave his own opinion: “But do you have it? Have you ever thought about whether the United States will allow the island country to raise interest rates?”
After finishing his words, he played with the tea cup in his hand and said with a hint of humor: “As we all know, currency interest rate hikes are bad for the stock market, and they can also act as a restraint. The role of inflation, but if you look at the current situation in the United States, the stock market has been recovering and has no intention of turning downward, and its inflation rate is still rising. "
"What does this mean?"
“This shows that money is not flowing into the bank!”
“The largest arbitrage trade is Wall Street financial capital. They put their money in rice stocks and pursue higher returns. Once the central bank of the island country chooses to raise interest rates, the situation will be broken. Financial balance, that will inevitably cause global financial turmoil."
"Will the United States agree?"
"It is a financial country."< br>
“This means that Miss Chunhui, the promise you gave has no substantive effect, because the United States will not let the island country raise interest rates unless the latter plays a backstab.”
“ ..."
Miyazaki Sumie was silent for a long time.
Chen Xing is right. The United States will indeed not let the island countries raise interest rates, but according to the inside information they have learned, there is indeed the possibility of a sudden increase in interest rates in the island countries.
After thinking about it, she decided to hand over the final bargaining chip and said: "Since none of these can make Mr. Chen excited, then if we add 11% of Shin-Etsu Chemical Group shares, 14% and 13% of TOK Tokyo Yinghua and Mitsubishi Group’s shares, can you agree to our conditions? ”
The moment he finished speaking, Chen Xing's eyes narrowed slightly. He had no idea that the family behind Miyazaki Sumie was so powerful and actually held shares in so many well-known Japanese companies.
Out of caution, he still asked: "Do you have such a large shareholding ratio? These should be the top ten shareholders."
"That's right." Sumie Miyazaki He nodded and continued: "It is true that they are all the top ten shareholders. We have reaped the dividends of the times and have our own investment company."
Decades ago, it was indeed the case of information communications and mobile devices. During the bonus period, Chen Xing will not question it. He is now thinking about whether to let the Miyazaki family hold it on his behalf.
As Miyazaki Sumie said, if the Miyazaki family comes forward to acquire and increase their holdings in their name, they may be able to seize corporate rights without anyone noticing.
About three minutes passed, Chen Xing suddenly asked: "I have a question, why do you want to come to me for cooperation?"
"Are you talking about what we want?"< br>
Miyazaki Sumie asked rhetorically.
"You can put it this way." Chen Xing nodded and refilled himself a cup of tea.
“We don’t want much, we just want to preserve the business foundation of the Miyazaki family, and we also hope that Mr. Chen can provide strong support.”
"The business foundation of Neon Telegraph Communications Company?" Chen Xing suddenly realized, and asked: "You mean the network communications business?"
"Yes." Miyazaki Sumie nodded slightly and responded: " We can provide you with first-hand inside information, and we can also sign a concerted action contract with you, and cooperate with you to start an impeachment meeting when you collect enough stocks."
"In return, you. What do you think about authorizing Neon Telegraph Communications Company to have the exclusive right to operate the 5G network, and all the net revenue and profits will belong to us?”
Due to the sudden advent of the 5G high-speed network, it also quickly completed the global network. ization, except for Longxing Group and Kunpeng Company, other information and communication companies in the world have entered a performance winter. Neon Telegraph Communications Company’s share is constantly decreasing. The reason is that Chen Xing did not choose Neon Telegraph Communications Company as the island country The operator of the 5G network is Japan Telecom and Telephone Co., Ltd., which is their official designation.
And now, the Miyazaki family wants a share of the pie.
"It seems to be worthwhile to use the 5G network revenue in a small area to exchange for a time bomb inside the enemy."
Chen Xing thought carefully in his heart.
However, for the sake of caution and to dispel his worries, he chose to ask Li Zhenzhen to come and seek the opinions of the former eldest princess of the Korean star group.
A moment later.
Still dressed in a women's business suit, neat and tidy Li Zhenzhen knocked on the door and entered.
"It turns out that the guest is Miss Chunhui."
Li Zhenzhen looked up and down.
"Hello, I have heard of Li Zhenzhen for a long time." The two shook hands in a friendly manner.
After the two were polite, Chen Xing repeated the content of the previous conversation and expressed his concerns.
This kind of shameful transnational cooperation, even if it is written down in black and white, is not very binding if you really want to go back on it.
"This is simple. Mr. Chen, why don't you go out first? I have something to say to Miss Chunhui alone." Li Zhenzhen said confidently.
Chen Xing frowned, what words did he need to avoid?
Miyazaki Junhui felt bad, she always felt that something bad was going to happen.
Seeing that the two of them were indifferent, Li Zhenzhen added: "If Mr. Chen thinks it's okay and there are no worries, then everyone will be happy, but if you still feel that it's not interesting, you might as well just listen to me."
After she finished speaking, she looked at Sumie Miyazaki again and said, "Ms. Sumie Miyazaki, you don't want to return without success this time, right?"
Chen Xing: "..."
Miyazaki Sumie: "..."
The two were silent for a long time, and finally Chen Xing chose to walk out of the office and closed the door.
“Click——”
The moment the door was closed, the door lock sounded.
"Nothing will happen. Miyazaki June is the eldest daughter of Miyazaki Miyazaki. Li Zhenzhen, you must not do anything stupid." Chen Xing murmured to himself.
Although Sumie Miyazaki is the eldest daughter, she is also an only child. Her younger brother died in a car accident many years ago. Now she has become the only direct bloodline of the Miyazaki family.
And when she was able to represent the island country to participate in the "5G Network International Negotiation Conference", plus she just said that she had first-hand information from within the island country, it may be extremely difficult for her.
Chen Xing walked to the side of the corridor, took out the regular cigarette from his pocket and lit it.
The smoke is gone.
The office door remained silent.
"Is something going to happen?"
Chen Xing threw the cigarette butt into the trash can in the corridor, then returned to the door of his office, put his ear close to the door frame and listened.
"Lick up and down."
"Yes, that's it."
"Say that you are a little dog, repeat it three times."
Chen Star: "..."
No!
What kind of fuss are you going on about?
What is going on inside?
(End of this chapter)