As the car price war begins, a battle against pilot cars begins all over the world.
The official website of the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs took the lead in issuing regulations on the control of lithium batteries and mentioned the existence of low-price dumping behavior in pilot cars.
Everyone who has lived in Germany knows that Germany has very strict price controls on foreign goods, and there is also a special "Anti-dumping Duty Law and Regulations".
To put it simply, if foreign goods are far lower than the market price of similar goods in Germany, their customs will impose an anti-dumping tax of 30% to 50%, plus a vehicle tariff of about 20%. In fact, The tariffs levied can reach 50% to 70%, or even higher!
For example, the standard version of Linghang 001 is priced at 209,000 RMB. When exported to Germany and including international transportation costs, one unit is sold for 259,000 RMB.
German tariffs are the total value of the goods multiplied by the tariff ratio. Take a car as an example. The 259,000-yuan Pilot 001 standard version is subject to a 50% tariff, which is equivalent to 388,500 yuan per car. This is Pilot car prices in Germany.
If you insist on selling it for 209,000, it is equivalent to selling the car at a loss, because there is a large commission on export taxes.
This is also the reason why there is a huge difference between the prices of Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Audi in Germany and in the Chinese market, because there are tariffs on price control.
This time Germany showed no mercy. As a heavily industrialized country, it wanted to maintain the development of its own car brand as much as possible, and directly included the pilot car in the red tariff list.
Not only is a 50% anti-dumping tax imposed, but the normally charged tariff is also raised to 35%. In other words, if a Pilot car wants to enter the German market, it must first pay 85% to Germany. Import tariffs are unprecedented in the automotive product catalog.
However, Germany is not an exception. The United States, France, Italy, and almost all Western countries have announced tax rates for Pilot cars. Among them, France and Italy's tariffs have reached an astonishing 120% and 130%. It seems that Pilot cars are not welcomed. Enter their country’s market.
In addition to Western countries, the peninsula and island countries next door also impose high tariffs, with rates as high as 70% and 80%. They also increase prices on the grounds of dumping.
All the major car-making countries seemed to have reached an agreement and issued tariff announcements at the moment when car companies started a price war.
But it is worth mentioning that except for the major car-making countries that have increased tariffs, other countries have not expressed much.
Because they cannot build cars, Pilot Cars do not touch their domestic interests, so there is no reason to impose tariffs.
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The United States on the other side of the ocean.
The CEOs and presidents of world-famous car companies such as General Motors Group, Ford Motor Group, Mercedes-Benz Group, BMW Group, Audi Group, Toyota Group, Honda Group, etc., all witnessed the price war at the New York star hotel where they stayed. and the onset of a tariff war.
After the failure of the Masik plan, Davich, the future successor of the Federal Reserve Bank of America, responded to his father's instructions and attended the "Joint Automobile Enterprises Meeting". The main content of this meeting was how to regain the market. share.
To put it bluntly.
That’s how to fight a price war.
After discussions among dozens of presidents, a significant price reduction was finally decided.
It is said to be a significant price reduction, but in fact it is just squeezing out the premium and returning to the normal price range.
Take the 2015 BMW 320Li as an example. It is a 2.0T, 184-horsepower L4 engine with a maximum power of 135KW and a maximum torque of 270N·m. It takes a full 8 seconds to accelerate from 0 to 100 mph, even if the configuration is not good. So good, but its price is 340,000 yuan.
For 340,000 yuan to buy a car that accelerates from 0 to 0-60 mph in 8 seconds, you can imagine how high the brand premium is.
It is no exaggeration to say that even if the price of the BMW 320Li is reduced by half, both the BMW Group and Brilliance Group will make money.
Entry-level models are just that big of a deal, not to mention BMW’s luxury models. The net profit of some can account for 60% of the entire vehicle. They all start cutting leeks with the car’s logo.
But it’s not to blame them for deliberately cutting leeks. After all, in the past, there was no domestically produced car in Longguo that could be both cheap and performant. Users could only choose BBA’s entry-level models if they were short.
At this time, Davich was sitting on the sofa in the office on the top floor of Building 666, holding a goblet in his hand, with scarlet wine swaying on the side of the glass.
He tasted a little, then smiled and said: "No matter how good the pilot car is, it will not be successful if it cannot leave the country. Let's see how you, Chen Xing, deal with it."
Not only Jewish capital is involved in this plan for Pilot Cars, but most of the Western capital consortiums are on board with it, especially those who have lost interests, such as Germany's Thyssen Consortium and Flick Consortium, France's Rothschild Consortium, and Paris Union. Consortium etc.
If they were able to stay out of the fights in the mobile phone field in the past, then they really will not be immune to the war in the automotive field.
Mobile phones have always been controlled by the United States. They want Chen Xing to fight to the death with Apple, Gaotong, and Korean Star Group, without harming their interests anyway.
But not this time!
German industry is the backbone of the economy.
France's French cars, such as Peugeot, Renault, and Citroën, contribute a huge amount to the economy and support hundreds of thousands of people. If Pilot Auto kills these companies, what will happen to the French economy? It's a hammer blow.
Human nature is selfish. When most interests are harmed, they will unite to safeguard their own interests.
But if something is good for you, such as the subsidy war between Meituan and Ele.me, you can have a meal for 3 yuan, and you can order a two-pound crayfish barbecue for 10 yuan. I believe it. The vast majority of people want them to continue fighting and will not speak out against it.
"As expected of Mr. Darwich, he can think of uniting other Western countries to form an anti-dumping alliance. This time Chen Xing has shot himself in the foot and is about to cry out in pain." The leader of the Pilot Group, Robert Seavey Thumbs up, playing the role of flatterer to perfection.
“Price war and tariff war are two-pronged. No matter how great Chen Xing is, Pilot Automobile will not be able to get out of the Dragon Kingdom.” Lyle Valles, the leader of Baile Group, also echoed.
"That's natural." Davich was very confident. He took a sip of red wine and looked at Robert Sivey: "Where is the specific progress of the thing I asked you to do?"
"There are not many clues. After all, Southern Henan is in the Dragon Kingdom. It is impossible to conduct an in-depth investigation. From the current point of view, Wei Yan is indeed a blank slate and there are not many suspicious points." Robert Sivey responded.
“Where are you?”
Davich looked at Lyle Valles.
The handsome Lyle Valles, who looks both male and female, smiled and praised: "I have to say, he has the ability. The mouse barn has been built and tens of billions of dollars have been raised. , are all the funds of the Mihua people. As long as the stock market fluctuates and stuffs junk high-priced tickets, we can drain their money without anyone noticing."
"Continue to monitor, if there is anything unusual, Notify me immediately." Davich said solemnly.
The United States is a country made up of immigrants, and it does not discriminate against immigrants. However, Wei Yan appeared too suddenly and was extremely capable. He needs to carefully examine him before reusing him.
After several rounds of investigation, he really didn't find any problems.
"Right." Davich seemed to have thought of something, and said in a deep voice: "How is Microsoft doing? Is the stress test button ready?"
"Everything is ready. ”
"Yes, the top hacker teams have been studying repeatedly and have already figured out that this time it is bound to tear a hole in the GIANTPANDA bank settlement system."
Robert Sivey and Lyle Valles responded quickly, Compared with Pilot Auto, the biggest headache for Jewish capital is actually the GIANTPANDA bank settlement system.
Because the GIANTPANDA bank settlement system has gradually expanded its scope of influence, most countries in the world, except the United States, have defaulted to this backup option.
Although the SWIFT bank settlement system is still the mainstream, it is not the only one. This is the most unacceptable thing for Jewish capital.
In the past, they only needed to go through the SWIFT bank settlement system to know how many strategic resources Long Guo and Mao Xiong had purchased, but now these data are blurred.
The ancients said: Know yourself and the enemy, and you can fight a hundred battles without danger.
The United States was able to launch a textbook offensive in the Gulf War, which was to know ourselves and the enemy, use our own strengths to attack the other's weaknesses, and leave Iraq without any power to fight back.
Just like this, the Jewish Consortium and the Angsa Consortium both have a common goal.
1 is to boycott pilot cars and protect the interests of domestic American cars.
The second is to destroy the GIANTPANDA bank settlement system, let the SWIFT bank settlement system regain its glory, and maintain the hegemony of the US dollar.
3. Revitalize the rice stock index.
4 is to completely defeat the Longxing Group.
In addition to these four goals, there are also the Longxing Group's mobile phone crackdown on smuggling and the ban on TikTok by ByteDance, but these two goals are no longer possible.
Let’s talk about Longxing Group’s mobile phones first. Whether it is Longxing X3, Geek X2, Tianyu X1, or Cuican X2, a complete industrial chain has now been formed in the United States.
Want to put an end to it?
The only option is to issue a ban.
But if the United States imposes a ban, can the big Eastern countries tolerate it?
Besides, it is unjustifiable to impose a ban on mobile phones, and the United States cannot tolerate this.
As for TikTok, with the dual influence of the ice bucket challenge and the brain-computer interface, it has become an indispensable short video dating software for young people in the United States.
The United States has close to 200 million people, and currently a conservative estimate of 50 million people is using TikTok. Zhang Ming has also been invited to the United States many times to discuss officially entering the U.S. market.
However, he refused.
Entering the US market means being subject to supervision and restrictions.
How good it is now, not entering your market, only entering your people’s mobile phones, Zhang Ming will not be stupid enough to legalize it.
Precisely because Longxing Group mobile phones and TikTok are "smugglers" in the United States, the United States has no way to do anything. They can never say that they will come to search the mobile phones or uninstall TikTok, which will infringe on the personal freedom of the American people. Well, protests will be inevitable when the time comes.
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While Davitch was talking with Robert Seavey and Lyle Valles, far away in the parliamentary estate in Washington, the Speaker of the United States Congress Renato Maro Tower also ended his conversation with Clayton, the patriarch of the Rothschild family.
Davich persuaded car companies to cut prices, and Creighton and Renato Marotta persuaded the country to impose tariffs.
This vigorous game was not something Davich could create.
Renato Marotta hung up the phone, looked at the latest intelligence documents and said: "Longguo car companies have gathered at Longxing Group. You don't have to think about it to know that Chen Xing will join forces with other car companies to expand production capacity, but It's a pity that I'm one step ahead of you this time."
Don't underestimate the intelligence department of the United States. They are always watching Chen Xing, even when he goes to Hong Kong Island.
Although he knew that Chen Xing went to Hong Kong Island and that he went to the International Finance Center Building in Central, he could not find out what Chen Xing did there.
However, even if he doesn’t know what Chen Xing did, Renato Marotta knows very well that Long Guo is holding back a big move, and it is likely to have something to do with Pilot Auto. Combined with today’s meeting, the Western Anti-dumping Alliance Only then did they hurriedly issue an announcement to boycott Pilot Cars.
At the same time.
The other side.
As various countries issued announcements on additional tariffs, the Ministry of Finance of Dragon Kingdom also held an emergency meeting to discuss the next response strategy.
“Italy has imposed a 130% tariff. This clearly shows that it does not want Pilot cars to be exported to their country. If you ask me to retaliate, we will not let French cars in.”
"If you can't play the game, just add tariffs. These people are still so disgusting!"
"Almost all countries in the world that can make cars have imposed huge tariffs on Pilot cars. They are trying to isolate us. "
"When the jackal comes, there will be sticks, and when the friend comes, there will be wine. If you ask me, they will levy it, and we will levy it too, to see who can out-play whom!" All the dozen or so people attending the meeting were filled with indignation. Clench your fists.
In the past, Longguo Auto was not good enough. Foreign car companies came to Longguo to make money. Not only were they allowed joint ventures, but they were exempted from tariffs and the share ratio was as high as 50%. Now Longguo Auto is showing some signs of success. Is this a big deal?
Tian Bing'an, who was sitting in the main seat, coughed twice, signaled for silence, and said: "Tariffs are of great importance and need to be considered in the long term. Even if we formulate a plan to increase tariffs, there is no way to increase their production costs. ”
Whether it is Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Audi, General Motors and Ford, they all have joint venture car companies in Longguo.
Tariffs are targeted at imported goods. The main body of the joint venture car company is Longguo Enterprise. The cars produced locally by Longguo Enterprise are not imported, so there are no tariffs at all.
Of course, these foreign car companies will also export vehicles to Long Country, but the proportion is very small. It is probably unrealistic to use tariffs to fight back.
“Then what should we do now?”
“They have bullied us to the extreme, we must fight back severely!”
“That’s right, if tariffs don’t work, then levy I don’t believe they can be so arrogant about their corporate income tax!”
“I support it!”
The participating team members were all furious. They had never seen such a shameless person. He would resort to dirty tricks if he couldn't be beaten. However, Tian Bing'an remained calm and thought about a counterattack strategy.
……
Dragon Kingdom Deep City.
Longxing Group Bantian Base.
Because he was in a meeting, Chen Xing didn't know what was happening yet. He was signing a production capacity borrowing contract and a lithium battery supply contract with the CEO of Long Guoyou Commercial Vehicle Company.
The situation of each company is different, and the time for drafting the contract is also different. It takes until noon for the contract details to be finalized.
“The contract is made in four copies, two copies are retained by Party A and Party B, and the remaining two copies are notarized by Party A and Party B respectively to ensure the legality and integrity of the contract.”
“A Fang, Longxing Group, provides polymer semi-solid-state batteries and Thor all-solid-state batteries for 90,000 dragon national coins and 150,000 dragon national coins. You can check whether there are any flaws in the terms of the contract and what to add.”
As soon as the lawyer of Longxing Group finished speaking, the lawyers of Wang Fu, Jian Chunhe, Zeng Hong and other car company CEOs checked the contract again and responded quickly after confirming that there were no problems.
“No problem.”
"It's okay for me."
"There is nothing to add."
The lawyer of Longxing Group nodded slightly, opened the contract in his hand and said:
"Since there is no Supplement, there is no problem. Then let me talk about the terms you have to fulfill. BYD Group needs to provide two 6,000-ton integrated die-casting machines, as well as corresponding supporting equipment, such as welding equipment, spraying equipment, testing equipment..."
"The handover between the two parties needs to be witnessed by a third party, and they must sign to confirm that there are no problems with the equipment. After the third party signs it, the contract will take effect. Is there no problem with this?"
"No."
< br>“No problem.”
Boss Wang Fu, Zeng Hong and other CEOs responded personally.
Because it involves borrowing automobile production lines, this is a prerequisite for signing a contract. If the equipment does not pass the standard, the contract will be invalid and will not take effect. This can prevent shoddy products from being used as good ones.
"Mr. Chen, please take a look at it. If there is no problem with the contract, you can sign it."
The lawyer handed over the contract.
Due to signing contracts with more than a dozen car companies, Chen Xing has a lot of workload.
But this didn't bother him. It only took him five minutes to confirm that there were no problems with the contract one by one, and then signed and sealed it.
In quadruplicate, Chen Xing signed more than fifty contracts with more than a dozen car companies.
“Everything is ready.”
After stamping the last contract, Chen Xing glanced at the audience and the boss said: “Check the contract again to see if there is anything missing. If there is no problem, , then go back and prepare early.”
This sentence may seem like a reminder, but it is actually an eviction order, because there are many new car company bosses waiting to discuss things in the conference room.
They can't afford die-casting machines and supporting equipment, so they can only satisfy the Longxing Group's appetite in other ways.
"Okay, let's check again."
About five minutes passed, BYD CEO Wang Fu stood up, looked at Chen Xing and said: "There is no problem with the contract, I won't disturb you, Mr. Chen." It’s done, see you later.”
"Mr. Wang, walk slowly."
Chen Xing smiled and nodded.
At this time, Zeng Hong also stood up, looked at Chen Xing and said, "There is no problem on my side. Mr. Chen, we will get together next time."
"Okay, let's get together next time." .”
One by one, the bosses stood up and left, and only the bosses of the new car company, Chen Xing and Yao Nana were left in the conference room.
When Yao Nana closed the door of the conference room, Chen Xing looked at the CEOs of these new car companies and said, "You are all top talents who have accurately captured the trend of new energy vehicles. I appreciate your efforts. Talent.”
Faced with the sudden praise, Li Xiang, He Peng and other new car company bosses looked at each other and responded humbly.
"Mr. Chen won the award. This is mainly because your press conference inspired us, so we want to see if there is an opportunity for us to cooperate."
"Mr. Li said it right Yes, we were able to discover the trend not because of our long-term vision, but because we saw your press conference, Mr. Chen, and then we thought about building new energy vehicles.”
“That’s right, if it’s talent, Chen. You are a genius after all!”
Li Xiang, CEO of Li Auto, He Peng of Xpeng Motors, and Li Bin of NIO have all lowered their postures to the point of groveling.
Maybe even they themselves can’t believe that in Chen Xing’s previous life, they were the leading car company in Longguo’s new energy vehicles.
Take Li Xiang's ideal car as an example. It is a new car company that dares to challenge Tesla and BYD. Even Rebus praises him.
Chen Xing smiled calmly and continued: "Don't be modest, everyone. I also always understand that only when a steady stream of blood pours into an industry can the industry have competition and innovation, but I can't say anything ugly. As mentioned above, if you want to obtain the supply of lithium batteries, you need to give up part of your equity."
"How much?"
Li Xiang asked.
He had already expected it.
They can't provide equipment or anything else. The only thing that interests Chen Xing is the company's equity.
"20%, if it is less than this number, you can turn left when you go out and ask Ningde Times." Chen Xing's attitude became tougher.
Negotiation requires a combination of soft and hard. Being too soft will make others think that you are easy to control, and it is easy to push the envelope. Being too hard will easily lead to a collapse of the negotiation. Be soft when you need to be soft, and be tough when you need to be tough. This tests the experience of the negotiator. .
"20%..."
When the shares to be withdrawn were announced, Li Xiang, Li Bin, and He Peng all hesitated, but then their eyes gradually became firm.
Looking for CATL is definitely not possible, because its lithium batteries are inferior by at least one dimension compared to Longxing Group's lithium batteries. If they want to build a car, they can only choose Longxing Group.
"Okay, 20 is 20."
Li Xiang gritted his teeth and responded.
He thought about it, as long as there is a lithium battery, everything else is easy.
Seeing his appearance, Chen Xing smiled and said: "I won't take 20% of your equity for nothing. Huaxia chips, L3 driverless technology, and motor electronic control systems can all be licensed to you. ”
“His!”
“Really? Mr. Chen!”
Everyone who was still hesitating felt happy. If Chen Xing really did this, they could We are sure to build a better car than Pilot 001. This is absolutely no joke.
"Really, but I have a condition." Chen Xing changed the topic.
"What conditions?"
"What is it?"
"Mr. Chen, please tell me."
Li Xiang, He Peng and others could not bear it. Shocked, they did not expect that Chen Xing would bring them such in-depth technical support.
"Come with me to encircle and suppress foreign-funded cars."
As soon as Chen Xing finished speaking, Li Xiang couldn't sit still and asked: "You want us to also build scooters under 30, continue Compressing the living space of foreign car companies?"
"No!" Chen Xing shook his head and explained: "You can build whatever cars you want, just target foreign car companies. They are in our dragon market. After the country has made so much money, it’s time to put more pressure on them.”
In the past, there was no choice in bullying the people of the Dragon Kingdom. The premium was 50% or even 60%. Now what Chen Xing has to do is to let them go. People have a choice, kill those foreign car companies.
He also knows very well that the counterattack of foreign car companies is coming at any time. Rather than leading the car to fight alone, it is better to attack with the whole army.
"No problem, Mr. Chen. Since you said so, I must respond, and thank you for giving me this opportunity." Li Xiang was the first to express his stance, followed closely by He Peng, Li Bin, Zhao Kuo...
< br>“Thank you Mr. Chen for your technical support, we will let those foreign guys know that Longguo’s domestically produced cars are the coolest!”
“Yes, domestically produced cars are the coolest, and the automotive industry has long It’s time to shuffle the cards!”
“The premium has been cheating us for so long, it’s time to let them experience the taste of flipping the table!”(End of Chapter)